Broken Wings (film)
- Orli Zilbershatz - Banai: Daphne
- Maya Maron: Maya
- Nitai Gvirtz: Yair
- Vladimir Freedman: Vladimir Freedman
- Dana Ivgy: Iris
Broken Wings (Hebrew כנפיים שבורות, Knafajim Schwurot ) is an Israeli film from the year 2002.
Action
The film tells the story of Israeli family Ulman. Daphne Ulman works as a nurse. During the summer holidays, her husband dies of a bee sting and the subsequent allergic reaction. Suddenly Daphne stands alone with four growing children and the family threatens the grief and other problems to fall apart. The youngest daughter would not go to school because she feels uncomfortable in the new school. The eldest son has already ditched his school and battling with odd jobs through life and daughter Maya has love and life grief, when her missing mother. The is so busy after the death of her husband with her work, that there is no time for the family. Only when the Russian immigrants doctor Vladimir Daphne makes serious advances, she sees light at the end of the tunnel and also finds the strength to solve the family problems. As the youngest son Ido makes his dream of a world record in true high diving and jumping into a swimming pool without water, then falls into a coma, she knows for sure that her family is on the same edge of the pool and the risk of crashing. She takes her problems back into their own hands.
Background
Broken Wings is the first long feature film by Nir Bergman. In Germany, he was seen for the first time at the 2003 Berlinale in the Panorama section and came in January 2004 in the cinemas.
Reviews
" The sensitive and densely staged drama has, despite the serious subject quite humorous moments. The universal story reflects the scope of the private, a widespread sentiment within Israeli society. "
" Restrained and still full of warmth, emotionality, and absurd humor describes the director Nir Bergman in his debut film as a family deal with the loss of a loved one. He skillfully interweaves the different behaviors each other and creates the difficult balance between tragedy and comedy, without ever becoming dull or trivial. "
Awards
- Israeli Film Awards in 9 categories with 11 nominations, including Best Film of 2002
- Jerusalem Film Festival: Best Israeli film
- International Film Festival Tokyo: Tokyo Grand Prix
- Berlinale 2003: Panorama Audience Award, CICAE Award, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury