Broken

Girls are the most heavenly blessings fathers can have and when someone abuses them, the agony compares to none.

After watching ‘Broken (2014)’, a Korean movie about a father losing his only daughter to teenage rapists, I was so heartbroken that I searched for the law and punishment of rape in South Korea and was disappointed to learn how light they are. Maybe I don’t know the actual scenario but movies reflect the social norms in general.

Being a fan of Korean films, I have encountered so many nerve-wracking situations portrayed in the movies that I always wonder what it’d be like to be in that part of the world if the actual scenario is even close, especially for a woman. Correct me if I am misinformed, but there are places in this world where women are better unborn.

But what makes the life of a woman, or a human being miserable in a social context? Lawlessness might come first. And that’s the striking point of the movie I am talking about— failure to bring everyone to justice inspires crime, and leads society to its ultimate doom.

The movie speaks about a hard-working father who tries his best to offer his daughter the life of a princess but can barely manage. Still, in his heart, her comfort remains the first priority. On the other hand, for the perpetrators, their comfort remains their first priority— raping young girls and recording them for future blackmailing and selling the tapes to the porn industry.

(un)Fortunately, the girl dies in the act due to an overdose of drugs forcibly given to her.

While she is relieved from the humiliation and mental trauma it would bring later, his father has lost his inspiration to live a sane life— which leads him to seek revenge after the ‘law’ couldn’t do anything.

And the plot unfolds in the most twisted way possible. From hunting down the boys to flashing back to the sweet memories with her daughter, every moment grabs the viewers by their collar, keeping their eyes glued to the screen. As the tension rises between the law-enforcing bodies and the father, the climax becomes more suspenseful, leaving the viewers with the question of whether the boys should pay the price with their lives or not as they have parents too and they are equally heartbroken thinking about the consequences. The dilemma.

Already said, I am a big fan of Korean films, they have unique and sometimes gruesome ways of illustrating the human mind — like, ‘if human psychology had a face.’ The vivid description of joy and sorrow, frustration and blissfulness, crime and punishment, rich and poor— they are the best in class.

That being said, Broken is the best in its class. If you want to spend your time in a gripping thriller, dark plot, and judgemental dilemma, this is for you.

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The following review makes reference to the 2012 film Broken, and does not contain spoilers of any type.

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Year: 2012 Category: Drama. Director: Rufus Norris. Cast: Eloise Laurence, Tim Roth, Cillian Murphy, Rory Kinnear, Robert Emms, Bill Milner, Zana Marjanović, Seeta Indranias, Denis Lawson, Nell Tiger Free, Lily James.

Plot

A girl testifies to a violent attack by a man in one of three interconnected stories in a British neighborhood.

Opinion

In the film we see a story that is segmented in the lives of several characters that are related to each other, Rick, a young man with mental problems, and his parents; Mr. Oswald, a temperamental and violent neighbor, and his three daughters; the relationship between Mike, a teacher, and Kasia, an Au pair who lives in Archie's house, whom she helps take care of his children Jed and Skunk, a girl with diabetes around whom all other stories revolve.

After an incident that takes place in the first instant of the film, in which Mr. Oswald brutally hits Rick in the presence of Skunk, because his daughter accused him of having abuse her, from there the story begins to unfold slowly, showing us the personalities of the characters, their problems, and the relationship they have between them.

It's hard to talk about any other aspect of the story without mentioning spoilers, so I'm going to focus on the more technical aspects.

The way in which the script is structured is solid, but I think the story lacked something, I do not know if it fails to risk no more with the end, or if simply from the beginning the story they are telling us is ordinary. However, as far as the narration is concerned, the film is fine, I really liked the direction, the lighting of the image, the style, the staging, the movements of the camera and the shots are very good, even in the choice of colors are right.

The performances are very good too, Eloise Laurence catches us with her interpretation from the first moment with her charisma and innocence. Robert Emms does a convincing job too, especially considering that he does not appear too long on screen and still manages to convey what his character required. The rest of the characters are very well interpreted, in what refers to the performance the film is quite solid in each of the performers.

To finish, I think it's a film well done from the technical point of view, the story is well told, although I feel there is not much to tell anyway, so I could personally say that the protagonist of the story is not the history itself but the way in which the story is told.

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Score

7/10

Good direction, good performances, but I think the script missed something.

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The following review makes reference to the 2012 film Broken, and does not contain spoilers of any type.