On Falling
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.
- 7.1
- 2025
- Released
- 1h 41m
Joana Santos
Aurora
Inês Vaz
Vera
Olga Prokopenko
AgataBilly Reid
Ian
Neil Leiper
BenDamilare Akinrinmade
DamiOnonso Nwafor-Orizu
NonsoSusie Lochiel-Owen
EmmaCaroline Lewis
BarbaraJake McGarry
AlecLouis Utieyin
CallumJemma Stein
Louisa
Ross Ian-Martin
TomEllie Cummings
EJPiotr Sikora
Kris
Ádám Tompa
FeriItxaso Moreno
TeresaDaniel McGuire
SeanLiam Nelson
Ryan
Karyna Khymchuk
YuliaRobert Rutonjić
ViktorLucasz Kornacki
JanekSabrina Mandulu
MoragIona Hay
Jess
Anna Russell-Martin
AnnaParmy Singh
Phone Shop AssistantTajinder Chana
Phone Shop Assistant
Leah MacRae
AnneMary Gapinski
AmandaRachael-Rose Mclaren
KellyJemma Blythe
VickyViviana Jance
EricaPeter Bradley
Ewan
Paul Donnelly
LewisHelen Robinson
Sam (Tour Guide)Nik Cruikshanks
Small BoyTrudy Kalvynaite
BethJoe McDaid
DonKenny Baird
SteveLinda Blackley
FionaCiara Flanagan
Worker
Ryan Hunter
Alex
Owen Gorman
LiamJoanna Faulks
Joanna
Ola Forman
KrysiaMartine O'Dowd
Bakery Staff MemberAinsley Jordan
Sophie
Deborah Arnott
SarahBilly Mack
JimBogdan Gilgor
EricWacera Kamonji
Elaine
Released
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- #class
- #kitchen sink realism
- #gig economy
- #wealth distribution
- #gritty
- #british social realism
Reviews
"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 t