On Falling

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On Falling
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Film poster
Directed byLaura Carreira
Written byLaura Carreira
Produced byJack Thomas-O'Brien
StarringJoana Santos
CinematographyKarl Kürten
Edited byHelle Le Fevre
Music byInes Adriana
Production
companies
  • Sixteen Films
  • Bro Cinema
Distributed byConic (uk)
Release dates
  • 6 September 2024 (2024-09-06)(TIFF)
  • 7 March 2025 (2025-03-07)(United Kingdom)
Running time
104 minutes [1]
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • Portugal
Languages
  • English
  • Portuguese
Box office$181,376 [2]

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  [ pt ]. [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, which scheduled a 19 September 2025 theatrical release date), and Switzerland (Frenetic). [8] [10]

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 94% of 16 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.4/10. [11]

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, calling it "a very impressive debut". [12]

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". [13]

Fionnuala Halligan of ScreenDaily pointed out how the film grows to become "an intense, enveloping experience". [14]

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". [15]

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]

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
San Sebastián International Film Festival 28 September 2024 Golden Shell On FallingNominated [16] [17] [18]
RTVE-Another Look Award – Special MentionWon
Silver Shell for Best Director Laura CarreiraWon
BFI London Film Festival 20 October 2024 Sutherland Award for Best First Feature On FallingWon [19] [20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "On Falling". TIFF. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "On Falling". Box Office Mojo . IMDb . Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Katz, David (11 September 2024). "Review: On Falling". Cineuropa .
  4. ↑ Tabbara, Mona (14 February 2024). "Goodfellas adds Laura Carreira's 'On Falling' To EFM line-up (exclusive)". ScreenDaily .
  5. ↑ Ntim, Zac (5 September 2024). "Laura Carreira & Jack Thomas-O'Brien On The Strong Collaboration Behind Their Political TIFF Debut 'On Falling'". Deadline Hollywood .
  6. ↑ "La directora portuguesa Laura Carreira presenta 'On Falling': "¿Cuál es el coste de vivir de esta manera?"". Europa Press . 24 September 2024.
  7. ↑ Szalai, Georg (4 September 2024). "London Film Fest Unveils Full Program, Including Doc and First Feature Competition Lineups, Series". The Hollywood Reporter .
  8. 1 2 Dalton, Ben (17 October 2024). "Laura Carreira's 'On Falling' sells to key territories including UK-Ireland (exclusive)". ScreenDaily .
  9. ↑ Billington, Alex (17 February 2025). "New Trailer for 'On Falling' Film - About Loneliness in the Gig Economy | FirstShowing.net". www.firstshowing.net. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  10. ↑ Partearroyo, Daniel de (17 September 2025). "Crítica de 'On Falling': Laura Carreira retrata con naturalidad a una generación destinada a caer". Cinemanía .
  11. ↑ "On Falling". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  12. ↑ Bradshaw, Peter (24 September 2024). "On Falling review – the strip mining of an online warehouse worker's sanity". The Guardian .
  13. ↑ "Toronto 2024 review: On Falling (Laura Carreira)". International Cinephile Society . 9 September 2024.
  14. ↑ Halligan, Fionnuala (23 September 2024). "'On Falling': San Sebastian Review". ScreenDaily .
  15. ↑ Kaufman, Sophie Monks (6 September 2024). "'On Falling' Review: A Quietly Devastating Debut Introduces an Emotionally Sophisticated New Master of Social Realism". IndieWire .
  16. ↑ Lodge, Guy (28 September 2024). "San Sebastián Film Festival Award Winners (Updating Live)". Variety .
  17. ↑ Taylor, Nick. "San Sebastián Announces Their Competition Slate!". The Film Experience. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  18. ↑ "Todos los ganadores del Festival de San Sebastián 2024". Escribiendo Cine. 28 September 2024.
  19. ↑ Bakare, Lanre (20 October 2024). "'Emotionally resonant' animation wins top prize at London film festival". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  20. ↑ Ntim, Zac (29 August 2024). "London Film Festival: Dea Kulumbegashvili's 'April' And Barry Keoghan Pic 'Bring Them Down' To Play In Competition". Deadline . Retrieved 6 September 2024.
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