Healing

Healing

Directed by Craig Monahan

Produced by Pointblank Pictures, Screen Australia

2014112 min5.9 / 10

A redemptive prison drama about a broken man finding healing and purpose through caring for injured raptors, built on quiet warmth and the transformative power of responsibility.

Viktor Kahdem is a man who has almost given up on life, sentenced to a low-security prison farm, a completely non-threatening environment where it is still felt that some individuals can be reformed. At Won Wron, Case Worker Matt Perry has established a unique program to rehabilitate broken men through giving them the responsibility for the rehabilitation of injured raptors - beautiful, fearsome proud eagles, falcons and owls. Against all odds, Matt takes on Viktor as his number one test case, introducing him to Yasmine, the majestic wedge tailed eagle with a 2 metre wingspan. If these two can tame each other, anything is possible.

Questions people ask

  • Does Healing end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 85% of films.

  • Is Healing easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Is Healing violent? Not especially. Less violent than 74% of films.

  • Is Healing sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Is Healing scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

22/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity54

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love20

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Healing

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Healing

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Healing, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Healing, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Healing, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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