On Falling (15)

★★★★ Director Laura Carreira’s superb debut feature is reminiscent of Ken Loach in its humane portrayal of soul-destroying work. ~ The Observer.

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Laura Carreira's directorial debut focuses on Aurora, a Portuguese worker in a Scottish warehouse, navigating loneliness and alienation in an algorithm-driven gig economy as she seeks meaning and connection amidst solitude and workplace confines.

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★★★★ A Portuguese online fulfilment centre ‘picker’ drifts into solitude in a deft perceptive portrait of loneliness in the digital age. ~ Financial Times.

★★★★ Carreira’s impressive debut drama sees a quietly excellent Joana Santos endure dehumanising work conditions while looking for a way out ~ The Guardian.

★★★★★ This superb debut about a lonely warehouse picker is an astonishing fable of hidden miseries. Director Laura Carreira’s research into online retail fed into this deeply sinister but plausible world with whispers of sci-fi dystopia. ~ Irish Times.

★★★★ This a powerful debut, a deceptively quiet protest against humanity’s marginalisation,  a timely and incisive on-the-ground portrait of the true cost of convenience. ~ The Scotsman.