Birthday

I just saw "Birthday" at a film festival a few days ago. I was very impressed by the film because of its simplicity as well as its unflinching look at a couple and how they both deal with his life- changing injuries.

When the film begins, you can see a young lady Skyping with her fiancé. He's a soldier in Afghanistan and his tour of duty have almost expired. However, in a gut-wrenching scene, the man is blown up by a land mine but somehow survives. But he's now missing his legs and an arm and must use hearing aids. Through the rest of this film, using a montage they show this couple reunite, celebrate the belated birthday, marry and carry on their lives together. While it's rather short in story, writer/director Chris King does a great job of putting the story across and it packs a huge emotional wallop. Well made yet simple...and a very nice tribute to men who have sacrificed to serve their countries.