The film is about Daniel Daréus, a successful conductor, who suffers a breakdown; and then returns to the village in which he grew up in, and he becomes responsible for the choir, and the impact this has on the village, and on him.
The characters in the film are so rich, real, and easy to relate too. During the film I laughed, and I cried, (I experienced the full range of emotions).
The film touches on many themes, hypocrisy, violence and bullying, and in someways the power of music, to transform, and heal. Pollak summerised the theme as the idea that absolute, complete love doesn't condemn.
It is an incredibly moving film; and has been lingering in my mind since I saw it. I was deeply moved by the film; (I haven’t cried in many films, but this is one of them). One I wouldn’t have minded seeing again, straight after it finished. And one I heartily recommend.
A comment one the film from the SMH
While the film was a story of a choir on one level, the only song, sung in the film is the song included below; sung in the film, by a women in an abusive relationship.
Gabriella’s Song
It's now that life is mine
I have gotten a time here on Earth
And my longing has led me here
What I missed and what I got
This is still the road I've chosen
My confidence far beyond words
That has shown a little piece
Of the sky I've never reached
till I want to feel that I live
All the time I have
I shall live what I want
I want to feel that I live
To know that I'm good enough
I have never forgotten who I was
I've just left it sleep
Maybe I have had no choice
Only the will to exist
I want to live happily, for it's me who I am
To be able to be strong and free
See how night turns into day
I am here and my life is only mine
And the sky that I thought that existed
I shall find it there somewhere
I want to feel that I've lived my life
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