Cassandra's Dream

The movie, Cassandra's Dream is about morals. Like humanes, we tend to face our selfish desires instead of looking outside our little bubble and wonder wether what  we do is right or wrong. The two brothers of the story haev to  face a strong decition in their lifes. They need to kill because of his uncle. Family, represented in the film as the union between a group of people who don't really have anything in common but blood, need to do something they don't want to do in purpose to obtain the money they need for different reasons. One of them spends his money and time gambling and the other one is too ambitious. He wants to be rich and famous, and most of all, succesful in life- instead of being stuck in a restauran like his father-.

Money rules the world. It's unthinkable to be happy without money. It's said that money doesn't give happiness, but it certainly helps-  . The question is... what would you do for it? You need to have limits. Your freedom mustn't harm other person's freedom.  And here is where morals have tpo be important. They limit your actions. Killing someone for money is destroying what you are and  what you think. 

Where do we stand in a society where we need money to life? Isn't love important? Isn't friendship important? We lose what we are. Humans are humans because we think before we act. We are humans. We feel, we think and we are empathic.  We have the ability to put into someone else's shoes.

What's the point of having money when you lack of people around you? Loneliness is as bad as poverty.  I believe  it's better to be poor and be with people than being rich and lonely.

Besides, regret is acid, and corroes your soul slowly. Before you notice, you are numb, empty inside. Nothing matters because a part of you, a very important part of you, has died in the moment you take away a life. You sort of pass away, and you don't notice it until it's too late.

Nevertheless, your morals are questioned once family comes across. Family is our everything, or so we have been told. When there's nothing left to hold on, family is there to support us and gives us strenght. But should we do anything for our family? In my opinion, you have to trust in your family as long as it benefits you. Family should want the best of you, and everything for anything, not just for favours. You give and receive, but when you give you don't expect anything back, and I think that's the pillar of the family concept.


Love, clearly all over Woody Allen's film, plays a funny and tricky role. I think love rules the world, but this is just my point of view.  The two brothers have their girlfriends and they used them as a excusde to get the money. It's a preassure on them that  makes them decide on killing that man.

But the epic thrilling, yet necessary ending is the aswer to all the questions that the film may raise.  The death of the two brothers, in threir boat, their dream, is just flawless. It's like a waking up call after the film. It's the penalty after living without caring about someone else's life.




Elena Morillo García