With a serious theme at heart, this film, after an omittable prologue, opens visually appealing, and at first manages to add the necessary lightness while still staying sincere. However, it then regrettably gets lost along the way, with an unfortunate mix of comedic and sad scenes without true depth, like stirring oil and water and letting the confused onlooker watch them separate too many times. The metaphor of the starling is a good start, but just doesn't carry this picture along, leaving the viewer emptier at the end than the beginning would have suggested. Also, a totally miscast couple without any screen connection.