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On Falling
2024 film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On Falling is a 2024 social realist drama film, written and directed by Laura Carreira and starring Joana Santos. A British-Portuguese co-production, the film is Carreira's debut feature.
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Plot
Set in Scotland, the plot follows the plight of Portuguese immigrant and warehouse worker Aurora, trapped in a life governed by wage slavery and social isolation and its repercussions, leading to her emotional breakdown.
Production
The film is a British-Portuguese co-production by Sixteen Films and Bro Cinema, and it had support from BFI, BBC Film, Screen Scotland and ICA.[3][4] It was the feature film debut for Carreira, previously known for her shorts The Shift and Red Hill.[5]
Release
On Falling had its world premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival as part of its Discovery programme.[3] It was presented at the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival on 24 September 2024,[6] in competition for the Golden Shell; Carreira took the award for Best Director (ex-aequo) at the festival. It featured in the First Feature Competition of the 2024 BFI London Film Festival.[7] where it was awarded the Sutherland prize for Best First Feature.
Conic acquired UK and Ireland distribution rights,[8] and released it theatrically on 7 March 2025.[9] It also landed a distributor in the Benelux (Vedette), former Yugoslavia (MCF), Greece (Cinobo), Middle East (Teleview), Spain (Vértigo), and Switzerland (Frenetic).[8]
Reception
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Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 94% of 16 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.4/10.[10]
Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, calling it "a very impressive debut".[11]
Matthew Joseph Jenner of International Cinephile Society rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, writing that it "conveys a very clear message and delivers it with genuine affection and attention to detail, which is important for a story that carries such resonance".[12]
Fionnuala Halligan of ScreenDaily pointed out how the film grows to become "an intense, enveloping experience".[13]
Sophie Monks Kaufman of IndieWire gave the film an 'A-' rating, deeming it to be "far better than anything living-political-legend Loach made during the final innings of his career".[14]
David Katz of Cineuropa declared the film "laudably a protest film clamouring for a better way of life, but it still evokes a story's first act mistaken for a whole feature".[3]
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