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Originally released in 2008, the subtleness of the appearance of the DVD of intrigue that is ‘The Broken’ reveals another reason why Ventnor Library continues understated to reliably offer films of quality and interest.
The premise of superstition that is of course in every country and all cultures, can at times be an understanding of how the minds of people think and these at times baffling attempts to explain why a reason for superstition exists can be a serious eduction.
Director and writer of this particular English superstition, of why breaking of a mirror brings seven years bad luck, is why Sean Ellis has actually managed to create an interesting film.
Well made from the initial setting in London, focusing on the character of Gina who works as a radiologist, it manages to hold itself up with reserved confidence and quiet determination to not be too obvious. After all, the superstition of broken mirrors bringing bad luck is not easy to explain.
Momentousness and gritty with a cast of characters that are all extremely well thought out, it is the sheer weight of intent behind ‘The Broken’ as it unfolds, that makes it worthy of watching, admirable for what it does not directly reveal.
A film that starts with a passage from Edgar Allen Poe does place ‘The Broken’ into a category of difference and isolation, with a subtext of slight ‘High Art’.
It is fortunate really that in this particular case, the writer is also the director, as if he has the total right approach to understanding that superstition is existing for an extremely important reason. Unnerving really for the simple fact that ‘The Broken’ as a title for a film, is as literal as the jump within.
