Falling (Fallen)

Five female classmates who have experienced diverse successes and hardships over the past 14 years reunite for their favorite teacher’s funeral. Barbara Albert wrote the script with these well-known Austrian actresses in mind, allowing for engagingly genuine performances that reveal the jealousy, affection, and growing class divide that tests their relationships. “Falling gives form to the most abstract philosophical concerns using the simplest of materials. And as Albert reveals her characters’ emotions one layer at a time, the effect is transfixing” (Toronto Film Festival). 2006, Austria, 35mm, in German with English subtitles, 88 minutes.