The Song of Names

What a great movie, believable and well scripted. Both lead characters, both young and old are portrayed really well. A good storyline and history. If you enjoy movies relating to WW2 you will find this a touching drama. The musical score is beautiful.

This story is so effective and so emotional, that it sends chills right down my spine. I feel so connected with the story and the characters, that I feel their pain and their anguish. It is a wonderful film.

"The Song of Names" is a film with Clive Owen and Tim Roth elegantly directed by Francois Girard. It tells the story of two young boys who develop a friendship over a shared love of music. Young Polish violin prodigy Dovidl Rapoport comes to live with the family of Martin Simmonds in the days preceding the German bombings of London, England during WWII.

The story continues showing different periods of Dovidl and Martin's lives from adolescence to mature adulthood. With the excellent acting, screenplay by Jeffrey Caine and Girard's conscientious direction, the film is a gift to the viewing public!

I certainly understand why a lot of the Transformer, Disney Amusement Park and Fast and the Furious fans didn't get this movie at all, but and gave it ridiculously low scores, but this was a very very good film for the adults in the room. It was well written it was very well acted and it was a great production.

This is not an easy film to watch as it is a very strong story as any story about the Holocaust should be. But this film had a lot to say and I thought it said it in a very moving and emotional fashion. I

I believed the story I believed in the characters and I highly recommend this film for adults who can deal with a real story without car chases bombing and constant mayhem.

The Song of Names, a way to remember the names of the dead from the holocaust, is poignant and deeply moving. This film did not do it justice.

Dov, the boy genius from Warsaw is left by his father in London, under the care of an English non-Jewish family, where he can continue to hone his talent of playing the violin. The father returns to Poland to rejoin the rest of his family on the brink of the breakout of world war two.

We are then left with Dov, his journey of life and that of his English "brother" Martin.

Unfortunately, Dov is never very likeable at any of the ages portrayed in the film and to be honest, neither is Martin nor Martin's wife, Helen.

The suffering of those around them, Martin's father, the rabbi, the Jewish survivors in London, the polish girl in Warsaw and Joseph, the other polish violinist, all of whom we only get fleeting glances of, is more affecting than that of the central characters.

I simply don't know what to make of this film.

Watch it by all means, for the music alone and to understand the meaning of the title and maybe you will have a different reaction than I did.