Movie Details:
Country | United Kingdom, Portugal |
Language | English, Portuguese |
Genres | Drama |
Release date | September 6, 2024 (Toronto International Film Festival) September 23, 2024 (San Sebastián International Film Festival) October 17, 2024 (BFI London Film Festival) |
Running time | 1hr 44min |
Starring | Joana Santos |
Directed by | Laura Carreira |
Written by | Laura Carreira |
Produced by | Mário PatrocÃnio Jack Thomas-O’Brien |
Cinematography by | Karl Kürten |
Edited by | Helle Le Fevre |
Music by | Ines Adriana |
Casting By | Diogo Camões Lara Manwaring |
Production Design by | Andy Drummond |
Costume Design by | Carole Millar |
Filming locations | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
Production Company | Sixteen Films Bro Cinema |
Distributor | Frenetic Films (Switzerland) Front Row Filmed Entertainment (United Arab Emirates) |
Cast & Characters:
- Joana Santos as Aurora
- Inês Vaz as Vera
- Piotr Sikora as Kris
- Neil Leiper as Ben
- Jake McGarry as Alec
- Itxaso Moreno as Teresa
- Leah MacRae as Anne
- Billy Mack as Jim
- Deborah Arnott as Sarah
- Paul Donnelly as Lewis
- Ola Forman as Krysia
- Ross Ian-Martin as Tom
- Daniel McGuire as Sean
- Helen Robinson as Sam
- Robert Rutonic as Viktor
Storyline:
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, ON FALLING explores the silent, vital struggle to find meaning and connection.