UK / Portugal • Drama • Year: 2024 • Running time: 104 mins
Languages: English / Portuguese
Synopsis:
On Falling tells the story of Aurora, a Portuguese warehouse picker working in a vast fulfilment centre in Scotland. Trapped between the confines of her workplace and the solitude of her flatshare, Aurora seeks to resist the loneliness, alienation and ensuing small talk which begin to threaten her sense of self. Set against a landscape dominated by an algorithm-driven gig economy, designed to keep us apart, the film explores the silent, vital struggle to find meaning and connection.
On Falling shows us a world of sadness and exhaustion, a kind of heavy cloud cover of depression that is both a symptom of the job and a way of getting through it… This is a very impressive debut.
Peter Bradshaw (The Guardian)
Director/Writer: Laura Carreira
Main Cast:
| Joana Santos | Aurora |
| Neil Leiper | Ben |
| Inês Vaz | Vera |
| Piotr Sikora | Kris |
(for full cast list, additional technical information and reviews, please visit the On Falling pages in IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes)