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Sound of Falling
In die Sonne schauen
2025 148 min Germany 18+
★7.4
Drama
Director: Mascha Schilinski
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Description
Four adolescent girls each spend their youth in the same farmhouse over the last century. Though separated by decades, resonances between their lives emerge: their desires and distress, secrets and truths, encounters with another’s gaze and defiant gaze in return.
Starring
Hanna Heckt
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Lena Urzendowsky
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Susanne Wuest
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Awards
European Film Awards 2026
— Best Costume Design
Cannes Film Festival 2025
— Jury Prize
Cannes Film Festival 2025
— Palme d'Or
European Film Awards 2026
— Best Screenplay
European Film Awards 2026
— Best Cinematography
European Film Awards 2026
— Best Makeup and Hairstyling
European Film Awards 2026
— Best Original Score
European Film Awards 2026
— Best Casting
Cannes Film Festival 2025
— Jury Prize
Key opinion
In die Sonne schauen is a meditative, symbolically dense exploration of generational trauma that centers on the female experience within a singular, haunting setting. While supporters praise its tactile, hypnotic atmosphere and profound existential inquiries, critics find the film's reliance on obscure metaphors and didactic pacing to be alienating.
| Production | The film utilizes the manor house as a central character, effectively serving as an archive of pain across four distinct historical eras. | |
| Direction | The director favors a highly tactile, non-linear approach that uses sensory details like ambient sounds and natural textures to convey trauma rather than traditional plot. | |
| Pacing | The deliberate, slow-burn tempo creates a hypnotic, immersive experience for some, while others find the 154-minute runtime to be exhausting and devoid of forward momentum. | |
| Cinematography | The subjective, voyeuristic camerawork successfully places the audience in an intimate, observational role, though some argue this becomes repetitive or emotionally detached. | |
| Theme | The heavy reliance on abstract symbolism and existential themes is viewed by many as intellectually challenging, yet others dismiss the film as pretentious or lacking a cohesive narrative. |