As evidenced in The
Red Violin, Director François Girard is a master at crafting mysteries
that happen over several years.
In The Song of Names, he
tracks the disappearance of Dovidl Rappaport (Jonah Hauer-King), a young Polish
Jewish virtuoso violinist, the night
he is to make his professional debut in London, six years after the end of
World War II.
Martin Simmonds (Tim
Roth), Dovidl’s surrogate brother from the family with whom the young boy from
Warsaw lived for a dozen years, while he studied his craft, has been haunted with
the why and how his best friend vanished.
It’s 35 years later that he discovers Dovidl (Clive Owen) may still be
alive and goes on a multi-country search for him.
Editor Michel Arcand artfully weaves this poignant story
back and forth through the years and the best part of the film is the ultimate reveal
of the meaning of its title. It’s simply
beautiful and unforgettable.
I give The Song of
Names a 4.1 out of 5.
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