whenever a movie touches the point of our present life, it make us think. and the movie is enjoyable. broken wings is such a movie. there is more people there is more trouble and crises, if, these people can not keep their relationship in a balance. lets imagine, if Dafna has only one child, the youngest one, her life will be easier, even the younger child need much care, but he will have less thoughts, and making less trouble to the mother. but the fact is that she has four. if her child is a teen, it reminds me of another movie called White Oleander, which both mother and daughter is strong, while Dafna is troubled by the lost of her husband and the heavy burden thrown on her shoulder suddenly which she felt hard to carry. her eldest daughter Maya reminds me of thousands of Chinese family eldest daughter, who always helps a lot in families and who is always considered to be the one that should help! yet Maya isn't Chinese. Dafna's case is easy to find anywhere i believe. the point is, she has to work. if she don't need to worry about money, it could be easier for her and her family? i doubt it. but another movie called Panic Room, which the mother don't need to worry about money and the daughter is clever and independent. where does their cries come from? from having too much money that they bought a big house? from there isn't a guy there to help them? well, again a question of a single family. imagine if, Dafna has no child, her husband's death will have only leave her a lonely and quiet life, just like what was described in that movie called Three Colours Blue, in which the woman Julie felt meaningless about her life for a while.... does it mean that woman without a husband, without a bf, without a family will make her life empty? but if she has all, it would turn out to be some trouble for her? if, she can not balance herself and the family ? i would say it is natural and common that Dafna got some help and comfort from that doctor. at least he listens and feels about her life. but, isn't it a kinda failure of this best movie? for a single woman, she must be strong and clever. she must foresee what will happen to her and her family. she must find solution in advance. otherwise crises can not be prevented from happening. in the end, i would say in all my DVD collection, the broken wings i category it to one of my best collections.
Review of Broken Wings
