52 Films by Women Vol 9. 24. Sound of Falling (In die Sonne schauen) (Director: Mascha Schilinski)
Pictured : Berta ( Bärbel Schwarz ) is watched by young Alma ( Hanna Heckt ) in a scene from the farmhouse drama, ' In die Sonne schauen ' (English title ' Sound of Falling '), co-written and directed by Mascha Schilinski . Still courtesy of Studio Zentral (Germany) What we remember and what we document are two different things. Co-writer-director Mascha Schilinski’s second feature, In die Sonne schauen , retitled in English, Sound of Falling , could equally be re-titled, ‘If a Picture’. Photographs are a recurring motif, but these feature a figure seeking to escape who appears blurred in front of the camera. Photographs are intended as keepsakes, reminders of a particular time. However, in Schilinski’s film, they seem disconnected from reality because the unity or family feeling they seek to project is absent. The look at the camera tells us nothing about the subject’s turmoil. The more people feature in the photograph, the more there might be clues. However, famil...