‘Sound Of Falling’ Review: The Body Keeps The Score In Mascha Schilinski’s Hotly Anticipated Competition Contender [Cannes]
CANNES – As experiential as it is cerebral, by turns contemplative and full of bluster, juxtaposing ethereal beauty with brutal violence — Mascha Schilinski’s “Sound of Falling” refuses to be pinned down. This mercurial quality sometimes feels like a sign of indecision; other times, it seems the result of unbridled ambition on the part of a young filmmaker. The hotly anticipated Cannes Competition contender is only Schilinski’s second feature, with her previous effort “Dark Blue Girl” (2017) made in her final year of film school.
