本片根据真实事件改编，是以关注底层生活而著称的肯•洛奇又一部社会写实作品。单身母亲玛吉（Crissy Rock 饰），不堪忍受相似的家庭暴力，先后离开了四个男人，而艰辛地养育他们遗留下来的孩子。一次，因为母亲的疏忽，单独留在家中的孩子们在火灾中受伤。社区机构经过调查，认定玛吉是一个“不合格”的母亲，而判定四个孩子改由社区负责安排照顾。期间，愤怒的玛吉遇上了一位爱慕她的巴拉圭外籍男子，两人憧憬着重建一个幸福的家庭。于是，为了孩子们的抚养权，他们一起与社区的管理人员进行交涉与斗争•••••• 　　母亲玛吉的扮演者 Crissy Rock 凭借此片的精湛演出，荣获当年柏林电影节最佳女演员奖。

The unexpected death of the family patriarch throws every member of the Ullmann clan off course. Widow Dafna takes to bed for three months and when she finally returns to her job at the maternity hospital, she has little time for her children. Eldest son, Yair drops out of school and adopts a fatalist attitude, shutting out his siblings and girlfriend. His twin sister Maya, a talented musician, feels the most guilt and is forced to act as a family caregiver at the expense of career opportunities. Bullied at school, younger son Ido responds by obsessively filming himself with a video camera and attempting dangerous feats. The baby sister, Bar, is woefully neglected. Preoccupied with their own misery, the family is barely a family anymore. When another tragedy strikes, will they be able to support one another? Written by Sujit R. Varma

The unexpected death of the family patriarch throws every member of the Ullmann clan off course. Widow Dafna takes to bed for three months and when she finally returns to her job at the maternity hospital, she has little time for her children. Eldest son, Yair drops out of school and adopts a fatalist attitude, shutting out his siblings and girlfriend. His twin sister Maya, a talented musician, feels the most guilt and is forced to act as a family caregiver at the expense of career opportunities. Bullied at school, younger son Ido responds by obsessively filming himself with a video camera and attempting dangerous feats. The baby sister, Bar, is woefully neglected. Preoccupied with their own misery, the family is barely a family anymore. When another tragedy strikes, will they be able to support one another? Written by Sujit R. Varma

剧本围绕着居住在开罗的索马里护工艾莎展开，她亲眼目睹了非洲社会底层的残酷现实，以及群体之间紧张的关系。她深陷于一段毫无希望的感情、一成不变的日常生活和枯燥乏味的工作，陷入了绝境……

The flick is billed as a twisted tale of a lonely mortician and her macabre quest for the perfect family. The Mortician’s life can be a lonely one. But there are always opportunities for love and revenge.

The flick is billed as a twisted tale of a lonely mortician and her macabre quest for the perfect family. The Mortician’s life can be a lonely one. But there are always opportunities for love and revenge.

剧本围绕着居住在开罗的索马里护工艾莎展开，她亲眼目睹了非洲社会底层的残酷现实，以及群体之间紧张的关系。她深陷于一段毫无希望的感情、一成不变的日常生活和枯燥乏味的工作，陷入了绝境……

为了筹钱救父亲，十八岁的金国秀惜别昔日恋人祝宇中，嫁到城中富商侯志宏家做填房，并许诺其前妻抚养侯云朗。在侯家，国秀虽受丈夫冷遇，婆婆刁难，但坚毅好强的个性支撑她挑起生活的大梁，慢慢赢得了侯家及当地商界的尊重。志宏反袁被捕，国秀挺着肚子去救志宏，却发现丈夫另有外遇含芳，国秀愤然离去，夫妻关系名存实亡，志宏后悔莫及，国秀却在侯母的要求下留在侯家支撑家业。抗战爆发，儿子参军报国，女儿加入共产党，国秀卖掉家产创办慈善机构收养孤儿。解放战争爆发，面临不同的信仰，侯家人走上了不同的政治道路，两个儿子相继在革命中牺牲，志宏被迫亲自杀死自己的爱女侯如玉，几近崩溃，最终宣布带部起义。重庆解放，政府偿还国秀两千两黄金，她婉拒并做出了另一个选择。

为了筹钱救父亲，十八岁的金国秀惜别昔日恋人祝宇中，嫁到城中富商侯志宏家做填房，并许诺其前妻抚养侯云朗。在侯家，国秀虽受丈夫冷遇，婆婆刁难，但坚毅好强的个性支撑她挑起生活的大梁，慢慢赢得了侯家及当地商界的尊重。志宏反袁被捕，国秀挺着肚子去救志宏，却发现丈夫另有外遇含芳，国秀愤然离去，夫妻关系名存实亡，志宏后悔莫及，国秀却在侯母的要求下留在侯家支撑家业。抗战爆发，儿子参军报国，女儿加入共产党，国秀卖掉家产创办慈善机构收养孤儿。解放战争爆发，面临不同的信仰，侯家人走上了不同的政治道路，两个儿子相继在革命中牺牲，志宏被迫亲自杀死自己的爱女侯如玉，几近崩溃，最终宣布带部起义。重庆解放，政府偿还国秀两千两黄金，她婉拒并做出了另一个选择。

《折翼天使》是麦克李再度以英国蓝领阶级家庭为题材的作品。开计程车的丈夫、在超市当收银员的妻子，两个过于肥胖的子女，幸福似乎已离他们远去，直到儿子突然被诊断出先天性心脏病，这家人才又开始沟通。从主角到他们的左邻右舍，每个人几乎都有说不尽的故事，麦克李没有告诉你他们从此过著幸福快乐的日子，却带你一块经历这段深刻的心路历程。