Despite eventually gaining status as an international superstar, one thing David never possessed was a superstar ego. Yitzhak Rapoport was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1977. This is a most enjoyable story, realistic, but captivating.A lovely,light touch for a story that could have been heavy and lugubrious, but is triumphantly not! This item cannot be shipped to your selected delivery location. It all begins with a flashback to 1951. Extra props here to Clive Owen. Music: Howard Shore Some of the writing I found to be very clunky and without grace, and then suddenly there were some lines that were so well written that I wondered if it was by the same author. Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2014. I found the description of London during WWII bombings perfunctory and not convincing. © 2020 The Hollywood Reporter Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2007. It's lucky that Shore's original compositions here and the cuts from the classical repertoire, some performed with impressive skill by child actor Luke Doyle himself, are strong enough to give heft to an otherwise earnest, credulity-straining melodrama. For a time the two boys are closer than brothers. Screenwriter: Jeffrey Caine, based on a novel by Norman Lebrecht It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Cast: Tim Roth, Clive Owen, Catherine McCormack, Jonah Hauer-King, Gerran Howell, Luke Doyle, Misha Handley, Stanley Townsend, Magdalena Cielecka, Eddie Izzard, Marina Hambro, Amy Sloan, Saul Rubinek, Richard Bremmer, Julian Wadham, Daniel Mutlu Something went wrong. About Our Ads But on the day he is to make his official debut, Dovidl disappears. A schmaltzy chicken soup movie, good for you but gristly. Please try again. Lebrecht has a poetic ability to describe music. With that one rubato, Martin travels back in time, to when his father took in the promising young violinist, Dovidl Rapoport, while his father returned to Warsaw to protect his family. Simmonds's supposedly epic quest ("I am consumed by thoughts of finding him") is over in less than two days, and it's a letdown for the reader not to be able to sift through tantalizing clues. Martin already loves Dovidl Rapoport, an eerily gifted Polish violin prodigy whose parents left him in the Simmonds's care before they perished in the Holocaust. He was also ambidextrous. Overall a very interesting story which might be more meaningful to violinists than to others. Venue: Toronto International Film Festival (Gala Presentations) Martin Simmonds’ father tells him, “Never trust a musician when he speaks about love.” The advice comes too late. Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2015, Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2013. Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2007. If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you grow your business. That is the song referenced in The Song of Names, a film about a Jewish violin prodigy named David Eli Rapoport whose family was sent to Treblinka while he was studying music in London when war broke out. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. In London, Gilbert's son Martin (played first by Misha Handley until age 13, then Gerran Howell as a young man and Tim Roth as the middle-aged version) initially bridles over having to share a room with arrogant, mischievous Dovidl. It chronicled the experiences of a man forced to serve in the sonderkommandos, (slave-labor units made up of Jews who were tasked with disposing bodies in mass graves, among other things) and his quest to give his son a proper Jewish burial. Only 40 years later does Martin get his first clue about what happened to him. Forty years later, Martin discovers a trace of the vanished prodigy and eventually ekes out a plan to avenge the betrayal all those years ago. Sitemap | The boys’ friendship feels thoroughly generic, perhaps in part because they’re played by multiple actors at different ages. The film then jumps forward 35 years, as the middle-aged Martin (now played by Roth), who either works or moonlights as a judge of musical competitions, takes notice of a boy with an unusual bow-rosining ritual. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. The kid never shows up, however, to the dismay of the concert’s promoter and his teenage son, Martin (Gerran Howell). There's a problem loading this menu right now. Is a mediocre film worth seeing for a single magnificent sequence that only works properly in context? Please try again. *Starred Review* Winner of the 2002 Whitbread Prize for a first novel, Lebrecht, cultural commentator for the BBC, brings to life an intriguing tale about music and betrayal. Adapted from a novel by the English classical-music critic Norman Lebrecht, The Song Of Names opens in 1951, at what’s supposed to be the London debut of a young Polish-born violinist, David Eli Rapoport.The kid never shows up, however, to the dismay of the concert’s promoter and his teenage son, Martin (Gerran Howell). In a good detective story, the investigation tends to be more important than the solution. Casting: Kirsty Kinnear, Pam Dixon, Susie Figgis Skittishly moving back and forth between scenes set at various points between the late 1930s and the mid-'80s, in chronological terms the story starts on the eve of World War II. It opens on Friday at the Cedar Lee. The advice comes too late. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. It was a gripping and emotionally pummeling drama. "The Song of Names"Photo by Sabrina Lantos/Sony Pictures ClassicsLast week, the world celebrated the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. But some viewers may experience a few niggling doubts about how we're supposed to feel about some of the characters, like Dovidl, who no doubt suffers enormously but also inflicts suffering on nearly everyone around him. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 8, 2020. 11:23 AM PDT 9/12/2019 He now lives with a wealthy Jewish family in London and befriends their socially awkward son, Martin Simmonds. That’s decidedly not the case with The Song Of Names, in which Tim Roth plays an amateur sleuth trying to find out what became of a childhood friend who mysteriously vanished. In a good detective story, the investigation tends to be more important than the solution. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. The book is a beautiful story I have read years back about the times of the blitz in London. These shortcomings aside, this is a confidently written and engaging first novel by a talented writer. The problem was Dovidl. Initially antagonistic, the two boys, who are roughly the same age, eventually become very close, fueling the older Martin’s obsessive desire to learn why he disappeared and what became of him thereafter. All this is told in flashbacks, shuffled together with the '80s-set storyline in which Martin, now a musical examiner, notices a talented violinist (Max Macmillan) kiss his lump of rosin for good luck exactly the same way Dovidl used to. But David is a no-show, and the concert is canceled. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. For a time the two boys are closer than brothers. Production companies: Serendipity Point Films, Lyla Films Indelible performances and pungent dialogue make that film great, whereas the answers to its narrative questions are largely an afterthought (with one question notoriously never answered at all). It soon becomes clear that he recognizes this gesture, and the film spends its first hour alternating between 1986, as Martin follows this clue and others in search of a ghost that still haunts him, and the years during and immediately following World War II, during which Martin’s family takes Jewish refugee Rapoport (whose first name is actually Dovidl) into their home. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Though its context is mournful, the film's central story is about a complicated relationship colored by jealousy, anger, forgiveness, redemption, grief and peace. This book is well-researched and has some real flashes of brilliance in the writing- what I would describe as remarkable moments and some very insightful and beautiful thoughts. His true plan was to carry on the illicit love affair with his secret mistress while coming home to his wife, Elizabeth Rapoport, in Upper Gwynedd at night. But the 21-year-old Rapoport, for reasons unknown, misses the concert and then disappears from London.

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