On Falling
- sombre
- intense
Sombre, steady, measured drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →Aurora, a Portuguese migrant, works as an order picker in a warehouse in Edinburgh, Scotland. Caught between the walls of a huge distribution centre and the solitude of her own room, Aurora tries to seize every opportunity to resist the alienation and isolation that threaten her identity.
Our read · On Falling (2025) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
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