Sound of Falling, the second feature by German writer-director Mascha Schilinski, follows women across four generations of the same farming family. Gothic and ambitious, it explores memory, intergenrational trauma, and what it's like to live inside a woman's body — while still showing moments of joy and connection. Through its form, the film offers the audience a catharsis that the characters don't have access to.

So on today's episode, host Alex Heeney digs into why the film won her over…and then talks to Schilinski about developing the film's

Schilinski talks about how the film blurs memory and imagination, the titular image of falling, the sound design, and more.

Want to learn how, like Schilinski, Joachim Trier builds a catharsis that only the audience has access to?

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