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Broken Wings

Original title: Knafayim Shvurot
  • 2002
  • R
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
2.6K
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Maya Maron and Orly Silbersatz in Broken Wings (2002)
Broken Wings Scene: Ido Jumps In
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Daphne and her four children try to cope with the abrupt death of husband/father. As the family seems to fall apart, a sudden incident gives them a chance to heal their 'broken wings'.Daphne and her four children try to cope with the abrupt death of husband/father. As the family seems to fall apart, a sudden incident gives them a chance to heal their 'broken wings'.Daphne and her four children try to cope with the abrupt death of husband/father. As the family seems to fall apart, a sudden incident gives them a chance to heal their 'broken wings'.

  • Director
    • Nir Bergman
  • Writer
    • Nir Bergman
  • Stars
    • Orly Silbersatz
    • Maya Maron
    • Nitai Gvirtz
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    2.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Nir Bergman
    • Writer
      • Nir Bergman
    • Stars
      • Orly Silbersatz
      • Maya Maron
      • Nitai Gvirtz
    • 30User reviews
    • 56Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 16 wins & 4 nominations total

    Videos6

    Broken Wings Scene: Ido Jumps In
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    Broken Wings Scene: Ido Jumps In
    Broken Wings Scene: Yair And Iris On The Ledge
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    Broken Wings Scene: Yair And Iris On The Ledge
    Broken Wings Scene: Yair And Iris On The Ledge
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    Broken Wings Scene: Yair And Iris On The Ledge
    Broken Wings Scene: Maybe This Isn't Such A Good Idea
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    Broken Wings Scene: Maybe This Isn't Such A Good Idea
    Broken Wings Scene: I Can't Leave Now
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    Broken Wings Scene: I Can't Leave Now
    Broken Wings Scene: Is That New Lipstick
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    Broken Wings Scene: Is That New Lipstick
    Broken Wings Scene: Let's Play A Game
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    Broken Wings Scene: Let's Play A Game

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    Orly Silbersatz
    Orly Silbersatz
    • Dafna Ulman
    • (as Orly Silbersatz Banai)
    Maya Maron
    Maya Maron
    • Maya Ulman
    Nitai Gvirtz
    Nitai Gvirtz
    • Yair Ulman
    Daniel Magon
    Daniel Magon
    • Ido Ulman
    Eliana Magon
    • Bahr Ulman
    Vladimir Friedman
    Vladimir Friedman
    • Dr. Valentin Goldman
    Dana Ivgy
    Dana Ivgy
    • Iris
    Yarden Bar-Kochba
    Yarden Bar-Kochba
    • Flora, School Counselor
    Danny Niv
    Danny Niv
    • Yoram
    • (as Danny "mooki" Niv)
    Orit Boger
    • Teacher
    Nimrod Cohen
    • Gaga
    Eitan Green
    Eitan Green
    • The Father
    Martin Umanski
    • Video Photographer
    Shira Vilensky
      Lobo Wizner
      • Band member
      Dror Yakar
      • Band Member
      Eli Zulta
      • Band member
      Adi Lev
      Adi Lev
      • Sisi
      • Director
        • Nir Bergman
      • Writer
        • Nir Bergman
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      User reviews30

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      7jotix100

      A death in the family

      This film was a surprise. Israel's film industry is doing just fine, and judging by some of the latest movies that we have seen from that country, they have a very promising future.

      Director Nir Bergman knows a thing or two about how to reach an audience. The story that he presents here is one about the tremendous pain this family is going through after the beloved father dies in a freakish manner, leaving behind a wife and four children that without him are at the breaking point.

      Dafna, the mother, is sleepwalking through life; she appears to be sleepy most of the time. Having to work odd hours, she is losing the grip of things at home. Maya, the oldest daughter, is the logical choice for Dafna to rely on, but this teen ager feels her life is being torn between the family loyalty and her own singing ambition. The older son, Yair, also is facing very hard times adapting to a life that is uncertain, at best. The other two children are just plain lost because everyone else is absorbed in his own conflict.

      The acting is first rate. Dafna, played with conviction by Orly Silbersatz Banai, is excellent as the over burdened mother. Maya Maron is the rebellious Maya, basically the central role of the story. Miss Maron plays convincingly. The rest of the cast is very good.

      We can expect other fine films from Mr. Bergman in the future, I'm sure.
      bob the moo

      Regardless of it's geographical setting, this is an involving and rather moving little drama

      Maya is a teenager who has hopes of someday having a better life through her singing. However, on the night of her first gig she is called home to look after her young brother and sister while her mother goes to a night-shift at the hospital. This is the pattern of Maya's life since her father died about 9 months before – her mother Dafna never seems to be around, her elder brother seems to be on a downward spiral of depression while the youngest children seem adrift and distant.

      Whenever I sit down to watch a film that comes from Israel, it is tempting to assume that the film will deal with or at least touch on the troubles there. That was the case with this film and I was pleasantly surprised that this was actually a drama about teenage relationships and difficulties. The plot focuses on Maya but draws in the other characters into a story that is rather low-key and small but manages to be involving and rather moving. It's not perfect of course and some viewers may find it's pace a little slow and the insular nature of the drama to be a little folded in on itself (especially if you expected the wider conflicts to be drawn into it in some way). As a teenage drama this is rather touching and is an enjoyable little drama that is based on a well written script.

      The performances are also very good and there aren't really any weak links in this regard. Maron is well cast and her Maya is interesting and sympathetic. Banar has a more difficult role but does it well and keeps the audience with her. Gaviratz is good even if his character is the most difficult to get to know; the younger children are also good and rise above the usual cute performances that Hollywood seems to draw from kids on a regular basis. The film paints a small family drama on a little canvas and the good cast are a major part of producing a story that really engages.

      Overall this is an enjoyable little family drama that is quite involving and quite touching. The characters are well written and well delivered by a roundly good cast. Short and bittersweet and well worth a watch if you can find it – everywhere in the world there are families and teenagers and everywhere in the world they have conflict.
      7Scorching

      Nice heartwarming film

      Going into this movie i had little knowledge regarding the film just the basic plot and that it had won some awards in Israel. In fact it's the first ever Israeli film i've ever seen.

      Looking at the rather simple plot line I was worried that it would be too boring. I gotta say that despite the simple plotline that it was still rather meaningful as I'm sure many families around the world experience such trials in their lives. Parents and their children fighting even over the smallest things.

      I just thought they could have expounded a little more on the lives of the family after the death of the father. Indeed too short at 80 mins. I thought the acting was pretty good especially from the two lead actresses. You could really feel the tension between the two as they argue.

      Nice film overall with good acting performances
      rumred

      Emotional roller coaster

      One of the best Israeli films ever. Israel had good actors, and good drama but never before have I seen such a well developed script. I guess the secret belongs to the fact that the movie started as a short film when Nir Bergman studied cinema, and then he developed it to a full length movie. Moreover, this movie is one of the representatives of the new Israeli movie age, after understanding Israel cannot produce big budget American style movies, and started producing small touching movies.

      The story in a nutshell is about a single mom with four kids, trying to overcome the loss of their father. The movie time quota is within one week, so everything happens very fast, and sometimes it feels like someone is hitting you with a hammer in the stomach. other times it feels like someone is squeezing you for tears. Generally speaking the movie sure is an emotional roller coaster.

      The movie follows the story of the rebellious daughter who is torn between her will to be a singer and her family duties because her mom is working night shifts as a nurse. It also follows the enigmatic closed son who had to be the strong man of the family because of the death of the father, and the effect the death had on his personality, emotions, and his functioning in school. Last but not least is the small child who has some kind of an accident during the film, which makes everything move even faster and more emotional.

      The actors (especially Maya Meron, but that's because I'm a fool for her) are doing a great acting job and are very moving and realistic.

      All in all, this is a great movie, highly recommended.
      10howard.schumann

      A brilliant and emotionally honest film

      "Blackbird singing in the dead of night. Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise." - Paul McCartney

      The trauma that accompanies the sudden loss of a beloved family member is being repeated all over the Middle East today in both Israeli and Palestinian homes. Behind the headlines, however, is the human tragedy, the stories we never read about. This story is told metaphorically in Nir Bergman's brilliant first effort Broken Wings. It is not an overtly political film, but the implications are clear. Set in the Israeli port city of Haifa, it depicts the effect of the loss of the family's patriarch on each member of the Ulman family, perhaps suggesting the emotional state of Israel since the murder of Yitzhak Rabin. The 83-minute film won accolades at the Berlin International Film Festival and has been a huge critical and commercial success in Israel, winning nine Israeli Academy Awards in 2003.

      Beautifully expressive Maya Maron in her first feature role is an Israeli teenage singer-songwriter (also named Maya) who dreams of becoming a rock star and wears wings when she sings in her local band. As the film opens, Maya is singing a song she wrote in memory of her father who died suddenly nine months ago, for reasons not disclosed until the end of the film. Her song is interrupted when her mother Dafna (stage actress Orly Zilberschatz-Banai), a nurse, phones and tells her that she has been called to work on the night shift at the local hospital and needs Maya home to take care of brother Ido (Daniel Magon) and sister Bahr (Eliana Magon). Maya emphatically refuses then relents but the tension between mother and daughter is palpable. Maya, who was with her father when he died, does not fully grasp the guilt behind her bottled-up rage and takes out her anger on her mother who is both irritating and sympathetic as she labors wearily to keep the family from a collision course.

      We learn that each family member is suffering the father's loss in his or her own way. Dafna stayed in bed for three months leaving the children to do the parenting and the results are reflected in their erratic behavior. Six-year old Bahr wets her bed and Ido carries out a strange ritual of filming himself while jumping into an empty pool. The oldest brother Yair (Nitai Gaviratz), also a teenager, has been suspended from school and hands out leaflets on commuter trains dressed in a mouse costume while expressing a nihilistic philosophy to anyone who will listen. His inability to respond to the words father, fear, and anger during a word association test prompts his school counselor to deny him re-admittance until he receives treatment, but he does not help his cause when he tells the counselor "Your words are meaningless. This conversation does not exist and you don't exist."

      Yair tells Maya that "things could be worse", and they do get worse before they get better. In fact, the catalyst for redemption comes in a life-threatening accident that allows the family to regroup, take responsibility for their lives, and begin the process of healing. Broken Wings sounds depressing but in the hands of the skillful direction of Mr. Bergman its sadness is balanced with humor and the strength and dignity of its characters. The film does not break any new ground but displays the kind of insight that allows us to learn something new about ourselves. Though rooted in reality, Broken Wings has a heart that leaps and a soul that soars and is a film that I truly loved.

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      • Trivia
        Ido and Bahr are played by real-life brother and sister Daniel and Eliana Magon.
      • Connections
        Featured in Noodle (2007)
      • Soundtracks
        Sratim Metzuyarim
        ("Cartoons")

        Lyrics by Nir Bergman

        Music by Johnny Shuali

        Performed by Maya Maron

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      • Release date
        • May 5, 2004 (France)
      • Country of origin
        • Israel
      • Language
        • Hebrew
      • Also known as
        • Slomljena krila
      • Filming locations
        • Carmelit Subway, Haifa, Israel
      • Production companies
        • Israeli Film Fund
        • Norma Productions
        • Yes-DBD Satellite Services
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      • Gross US & Canada
        • $421,454
      • Opening weekend US & Canada
        • $24,862
        • Mar 14, 2004
      • Gross worldwide
        • $760,318
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 27 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Dolby
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.66 : 1

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