Butterfly Wings

An excellent film by Basque director Juanma Bajo Ulloa. It is a film in which he presents the reality of the Basque Country as the `unwanted child' within a family. The daughter, Ami represents the Basque Country in the movie, the father represents France, and the mother represents Spain. The film also brings the audience to the discovery that the explosion of violence on the part of Ami is no more than an answer to the lack of love that she has from her parents. The father wants to be affectionate, but he just gives her the trinkets that he finds in the street, while the mother just rejects her because she has another son whom she prefers. The rejection of Ami's family also can be seen when Ami needs them and she called them requesting aid, but in first instance her mother does not put care to her call, and in another one, his father did not run enough to be able to help her.