Broken Wings

aka: K’nafayim Shvurot
Israel 2002, 80 minutes
Dir. Nir Bergman
In Hebrew with English subtitles
Rating: [M]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama

Feat. Orly Silbersatz Banai, Maya Maron

Aroview: The fraught shuffle of daily life for an Israeli family after the death of the male head of the household, is depicted with touching and intimate honesty in this acclaimed drama.

Virtually without reference to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, this instead follows the personal journey of a indolent teenager (Maron) as she comes into consciouness of her responsibilities. Construed with a cinematic confidence and a gift for expressing some complicated emotional territory.

NZ International Film Festival 2003

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4 stars (Very Good) A family coping with the death of a husband & father, each in their own unique way, are pulled together after an unexpected incident - which provides a chance to heal their emotional hurt. Honest & quite heart-wrenching. ~GenXGirl
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3 stars (Good Enough) A competent and believable family drama. ~Tubbs