Disfunctional family dramas are everywhere–literature, movies, tv shows. If you like to delve into the lives of people who are experiencing troubled family situations, then I think you will like these two movies; I did. “Remember Me, My Love” is an Italian movie in which the four members of a family are all searching for something to make them happy. The husband and wife have been married for some time. Each is searching for something that cannot be found in their marriage. The husband reconnects with an old love and has an affair. The wife, a teacher, wants to try again to have an acting career. Their two children seemingly hate each other as well as their parents. All of the strands of this story come together when the father is involved in a serious accident. This is a very emotional movie with a lot of screaming and door slamming. If you can get beyond the histrionics, this is a well acted portrayal of a family in crisis.
“Broken City” is a political/crime drama. Russell Crowe plays a corrupt mayor running for reelection. Catherine Zeta-Jones his wife. Like so many other political couples, they are all polish and sincerity on the outside, but their dislike and disrespect of each other is the true core of their relationship. Their distrust of each others leads to betrayal and murder. Mark Wahlberg is the pawn in the drama who does the right thing in the end, of course. His own problem-ridden relationship with his girlfriend leads to their breakup.
These are not sunny, happy movies. These are stories of sadness, but also redemption.