How fragile life can be! A single bee sting can devastate a family when it takes a much-loved father. Shattered in their bereavement, the family struggles on like a ship without a rudder. Each member has new duties to perform, more responsibilities to undertake. Mother Dafna strives to care for her four children and continue her work as a nurse at the hospital. She is sleepy-eyed through most of the film. Her eldest daughter Maya writes sad songs about her father and sings with a band, but has to fore-go this pleasure to look after the younger children. Her young brother Ido likes to make movies and films himself jumping into an empty concrete swimming pool. A rather silly thing to do as he hits his head on the solid concrete and ends up in hospital in a deep coma. When Maya forgets to collect her little sister from school, the child wanders home in the rain crossing the very busy streets. We expect another death in the family at any minute. Maya's brother Yair is going through one of those teenage stages philosophizing about us mortals being no more than a speck in the vast universe. On the whole the family is pretty normal and indeed likable. There are many such families around the world. Their dad is no longer with them to guide them and care for them.
The story unfolds smoothly, yet sadly, and with a slight touch of comedy at times with irritating moments that we all experience such as a car not starting up at a critical moment. Mother's frantic outburst in hospital screaming at her son to wake up from his coma pleads with the doctor to use his knowledge and give him something to rouse him. We understand her dilemma and the thought occurs to us that he may never wake up.
Mother is very tired from the strain of recent events and it seems that the doctor is also rather tired. They are also two lonely people who find comfort in each other's presence. Lying in each other's arms stretches the imagination beyond belief. Does this really go on in Israeli hospitals? Both mother and son strive in their own way to wake the young boy from his coma. the mother offering a mother's love and the son urging him to play his favourite sport. But will he ever wake? As this film shows, life is fragile. life is full of uncertainties. This is not a happy film, but it can and does inspire and many will see themselves in similar situations.
The story unfolds smoothly, yet sadly, and with a slight touch of comedy at times with irritating moments that we all experience such as a car not starting up at a critical moment. Mother's frantic outburst in hospital screaming at her son to wake up from his coma pleads with the doctor to use his knowledge and give him something to rouse him. We understand her dilemma and the thought occurs to us that he may never wake up.
Mother is very tired from the strain of recent events and it seems that the doctor is also rather tired. They are also two lonely people who find comfort in each other's presence. Lying in each other's arms stretches the imagination beyond belief. Does this really go on in Israeli hospitals? Both mother and son strive in their own way to wake the young boy from his coma. the mother offering a mother's love and the son urging him to play his favourite sport. But will he ever wake? As this film shows, life is fragile. life is full of uncertainties. This is not a happy film, but it can and does inspire and many will see themselves in similar situations.