~~~ The Silent Bluebird ~~~

Bluebird (2004) ..

Chanced upon this movie on tv this afternoon.

It looked so realsitic, for the first few minutes i thought it was a documentary or something.

Could not finish watching it, but it was about the life of someone so different from what i am.

An ambitious, talented, fragile, bullied, silent ( her silence, i loved ! ) , skateboarding, train-riding, absloutely-engrossed-in-reading (even when she's getting off the train, she cant put down that Roald Dahl book.) occasionally shop-lifting, 12-year old girl.. Merel.

I believe her severely handicapped younger brother Casper to be the most blessed person around with a sister like that.. see, now am talking like all this actually happened.

THATS what a movie should be like.. it should stir you to the extent of making you talk about it as if you lived to see it happen in flesh; as if this was not a cast of actors pretending on-screen.. man!

To add some more, it rotates around this girl's daily life..day after day after day.. sound boring enough? Then you should watch it.. and if you are the action-movie-only kinds, well i understand you might feel it challenging to watch this.

But the flow of emotion that runs through the entire story is admirable. The actor who plays Merel is scintillating in performance- its a treat to see her mould into the character of Merel..

the sudden freedom she experiences while diving at the swimming pool, her need of recognition, her wants, her desires she tells no one,( but she does try; take a look at this)-

Merel: can i have piercings ?

Father: Piercings..? You are only 12..!

Merel: 12 and a half in three days.

Father: ok, how about earrings, thats a piercing!

Merel (disappointed and gets off the car): Earrings..

Father: Merel...

her immense love for Casper, her patience with his disabilities, the way she scoots him to the docks in his wheelchair and the way they both sit and talk about stories of far-away lands that exist in the minds, the terrible sadness she faces when Casper is all set to be sent to an institution, the way she hides the taunting and bullying she endures quietly at school.. it was lovely. These are the times you wish you could pause the movie on tv,rewind it and watch it from the very beginning..