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Drama

On Falling

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Aurora, a Portuguese migrant, works as an order picker in a warehouse in Edinburgh, Scotland. Caught between the walls of a huge distribution centre and the solitude of her own room, Aurora tries to seize every opportunity to resist the alienation and isolation that threaten her identity.

Release Date : 2025-03-07

Language :EnglishPortuguese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Sixteen FilmsBRO CinemaBBC FilmBFIScreen Scotland

Production Country : PortugalUnited Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Joana Santos

Character Name : Aurora

Original Name : Joana Santos

Gender : Female

Inês Vaz

Character Name : Vera

Original Name : Inês Vaz

Gender : Female

Neil Leiper

Character Name : Ben

Original Name : Neil Leiper

Gender : Male

Deborah Arnott

Character Name : Sarah

Original Name : Deborah Arnott

Gender : Male

Ola Forman

Character Name : Krysia

Original Name : Ola Forman

Gender : Male

Ross Ian-Martin

Character Name : Tom

Original Name : Ross Ian-Martin

Gender : Male

Daniel Mcguire

Character Name : Sean

Original Name : Daniel Mcguire

Gender : Male

Helen Robinson

Character Name : Sam

Original Name : Helen Robinson

Gender : Male

Robert Rutonjić

Character Name : Viktor

Original Name : Robert Rutonjić

Gender : Male

Piotr Sikora

Character Name : Kris

Original Name : Piotr Sikora

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-12-04

"Aurora" (Joana Santos) has left the warmth of Portugal and moved to a rather dreich Scotland where she works as a picker in an warehouse. The job is the epitome of mundanity and repetitiveness - walking the aisles scanning items bought online and making sure she does it quickly enough to earn her paltry reward at the end of the week. It couldn't quite be called "slavery", but it's not a kick in the shirt off it as she and her colleagues collect the minimum wage for their work. She lives in a flat-share where the daily routine extends to microwave meals and the occasional chat with her flatmates. One new lad, "Kris" (Piotr Sikora) arrives and seems a little more inclined to break the monotony of things, but she accidentally drops her phone and the £99 it costs to have the screen repaired pretty much wipes her out for the month and reduces her to a starvation diet. Perhaps there are hopes of a new job? At any rate, she has to break this depressing cycle before it breaks her! This film doesn't miss and hit the wall when it presents us with the automation of human life. "Aurora" lives a life of a robot, and the brain-rot that it induces is plain to see, but sadly it also indices a bit of ennui in the viewer too. It's very authenticity is what makes it dull to watch and none of the characterisations are remotely developed enough to make anyone care about her. Sure, the environment is a shocking indictment of the consumer culture that is best exemplified here by a team brief in which they celebrate the corporate glory by giving the staff a cup cake, but once that point has been made and absorbed, the rest of this is just as unchanging as the message. Why is she here? Why doesn't she return home? Her emotional and physical isolation seems contrived for dramatic purposes rather than being particularly plausible. The acting is competent enough and there isn't so much dialogue to trouble us so maybe that's why I found it all just a bit too one-dimensional.