The Mother Who Became a Kite

The film constructs its narrative around the potent metaphor of flight, exploring a child's psychology through a lens of poetic allegory. It relies on gentle, fluid animation to temper the tragedy of its subject without diminishing its weight.

What lingers after viewing is a quiet, luminous sorrow and a sense of the spirit's resilience. This is less a story about war, and more about what it strives but fails to extinguish. — MovieFinder Editorial