The New York Times

‘Sound of Falling’ Review: A Fortress of Feminine Mysteries

This detour-heavy film moves across time periods to follow girlhood mischief, desire and abuse on a German farm. By Natalia Winkelman When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...
Mashable

'Sound of Falling' review: A magnificent, quiet, and powerful epic

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. Alma (Hanna Heckt) in the ...
The New Yorker

The Ghosts of Girlhoods Past in “Sound of Falling”

At the start of the extraordinary German drama “Sound of Falling,” a teen-ager, Erika (Lea Drinda), hobbles down a hall on one leg and a pair of crutches. It takes a second to realize that she has no ...
FilmBook

Sound of Falling Review

Sound of Falling (2025) Film Review, a movie directed by Mascha Schilinski, written by Louise Peter and Mascha Schilinski and starring Hanna Heckt, Lena Urzendowsky, Susanne Wuest, Luise Heyer, Laeni ...
IndieWire

To Create the Atmosphere in ‘Sound of Falling,’ Mascha Schilinski Asked, ‘What Does a Black Hole Sound Like?’

The German filmmaker tells IndieWire about making her Cannes-winning international Oscar entry, a sprawling portrait of generational family trauma, on location at a farm with child actors tackling ...
The New York Times

Telling the Stories of a House Full of Secrets

Mascha Schilinski’s movie “Sound of Falling,” which takes place over a century in a rural farmhouse, shows how trauma is transmitted through generations. By Thomas Rogers Reporting from Berlin While ...
NPR

'Sound of Falling' is a hypnotic history of German rural life

The opening line of L.P. Hartley's seminal coming-of-age novel The Go-Between reads, "The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there." That sentiment resonates throughout writer and ...