London contemporary orchestra The Chineke! has been accused of “woke nonsense” after it refused to play the UK national anthem at the time of the Queen’s mourning.
During a performance in Switzerland during Queen Elizabeth II’s mourning period, The Chineke! did not play God Save the King during their set.
As per an email seen by Daily Mail, the orchestra’s founder and artistic director Chi-chi Nwanoku wrote: “The Chineke! Orchestra is full of non-British musicians and many who are the direct result of their ancestors being enslaved.
“We will not play the national anthem in Lucerne.”
The orchestra consists of 62 musicians who have ethnically diverse roots.
Reportedly, the organisers of the Lucerne Festival in central Switzerland had suggested that the orchestra should begin its performance with the national anthem, however, the idea was rejected by Nwanoku.
“I would be extremely uncomfortable imposing it on people who are...
During a performance in Switzerland during Queen Elizabeth II’s mourning period, The Chineke! did not play God Save the King during their set.
As per an email seen by Daily Mail, the orchestra’s founder and artistic director Chi-chi Nwanoku wrote: “The Chineke! Orchestra is full of non-British musicians and many who are the direct result of their ancestors being enslaved.
“We will not play the national anthem in Lucerne.”
The orchestra consists of 62 musicians who have ethnically diverse roots.
Reportedly, the organisers of the Lucerne Festival in central Switzerland had suggested that the orchestra should begin its performance with the national anthem, however, the idea was rejected by Nwanoku.
“I would be extremely uncomfortable imposing it on people who are...
- 10/10/2022
- by Peony Hirwani
- The Independent - Music
The Song Of Names producer Robert Lantos on introducing composer Howard Shore to François Girard: “I had worked with Howard a few times before. Three David Cronenberg films. Crash, eXistenZ and Eastern Promises.” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
François Girard’s The Song Of Names, based on the novel by Norman Lebrecht, screenplay by Jefferey Caine with a score by Howard Shore (two-time Oscar-winner for Peter Jackson’s The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring and one for The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King) is produced by Robert Lantos, Lyse Lafontaine and Nick Hirschkorn, and stars Tim Roth and Clive Owen with Catherine McCormack, Jonah Hauer-King (Prince Eric in Rob Marshall’s upcoming The Little Mermaid), Luke Doyle, Gerran Howell, Misha Handley, Daniel Multu and Eddie Izzard.
Atom Egoyan and Robert Lantos with Anne-Katrin Titze at the Museum of Tolerance in New York for...
François Girard’s The Song Of Names, based on the novel by Norman Lebrecht, screenplay by Jefferey Caine with a score by Howard Shore (two-time Oscar-winner for Peter Jackson’s The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring and one for The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King) is produced by Robert Lantos, Lyse Lafontaine and Nick Hirschkorn, and stars Tim Roth and Clive Owen with Catherine McCormack, Jonah Hauer-King (Prince Eric in Rob Marshall’s upcoming The Little Mermaid), Luke Doyle, Gerran Howell, Misha Handley, Daniel Multu and Eddie Izzard.
Atom Egoyan and Robert Lantos with Anne-Katrin Titze at the Museum of Tolerance in New York for...
- 2/8/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Howard Shore on Judith Clurman and the Juilliard connection in casting Daniel Mutlu as the cantor in The Song Of Names: “He was able to learn the new piece and create the role with Judith's help. She was really instrumental in creating that scene. And particularly the congregation, so that the response was accurate.” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In the second half of my conversation at Sony in New York with three-time Oscar-winning composer Howard Shore, we discussed what director François Girard wanted for the Paganini battle of the violins in The Song Of Names, performed by the 'great virtuoso' Ray Chen, the help from Brooklyn Heights Synagogue conductor and choral director Judith Clurman in the casting of the cantor played by Daniel Multu, and where in the film Shore used a chamber orchestra with ten male singers when he recorded the score with the Orchestre Métropolitain in Montreal.
Dovidl...
In the second half of my conversation at Sony in New York with three-time Oscar-winning composer Howard Shore, we discussed what director François Girard wanted for the Paganini battle of the violins in The Song Of Names, performed by the 'great virtuoso' Ray Chen, the help from Brooklyn Heights Synagogue conductor and choral director Judith Clurman in the casting of the cantor played by Daniel Multu, and where in the film Shore used a chamber orchestra with ten male singers when he recorded the score with the Orchestre Métropolitain in Montreal.
Dovidl...
- 12/26/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
“The Song of Names” is the kind of mediocre Holocaust drama that used to be taken more seriously in the 1990s, partly thanks to the Weinstein brothers and Miramax.
Director Francois Girard (“The Red Violin”) and screenwriter Jeffrey Caine’s adaptation of Norman Lebrecht’s novel is full of empty gestures and banal observations about remembrance and family, most of which flop because of wooden performances and trite dialogue.
Girard’s direction, as well as some star charisma from co-leads Tim Roth and Clive Owen, both give the movie enough emotional resonance to keep afloat its bland narrative — about the 35-year-long search for a missing Jewish violinist prodigy — but there’s no urgency or mystery to the movie, nor any compelling reason to care about its characters beyond a general hope that they’ll ultimately discover something true and/or moving about Judaism, music, and genocide. They do not, though...
Director Francois Girard (“The Red Violin”) and screenwriter Jeffrey Caine’s adaptation of Norman Lebrecht’s novel is full of empty gestures and banal observations about remembrance and family, most of which flop because of wooden performances and trite dialogue.
Girard’s direction, as well as some star charisma from co-leads Tim Roth and Clive Owen, both give the movie enough emotional resonance to keep afloat its bland narrative — about the 35-year-long search for a missing Jewish violinist prodigy — but there’s no urgency or mystery to the movie, nor any compelling reason to care about its characters beyond a general hope that they’ll ultimately discover something true and/or moving about Judaism, music, and genocide. They do not, though...
- 12/23/2019
- by Simon Abrams
- The Wrap
It’s been thirty-five years since Dovidl (Jonah Hauer-King) disappeared in 1951. He was a violinist—a genius virtuoso depending on whom you asked (himself included)—primed to make his London debut in a sold out house courtesy of the man that served as his guardian the previous decade-plus (Stanley Townsend’s Gilbert Simmonds). One second he had his prized instrument in-hand while friend/surrogate brother/Gilbert’s son Martin (Gerran Howell) told him to relax and enjoy the moment. Dovidl was finally going to show the world exactly how good he was, but he didn’t show for curtain. He didn’t return home later either. For all Martin and his family knew, Dovidl was dead. And that presumption held a terrible weight considering the same uncertainty loomed over his own family at Treblinka.
François Girard’s The Song of Names therefore begins with ample drama atop the mystery of...
François Girard’s The Song of Names therefore begins with ample drama atop the mystery of...
- 12/23/2019
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
The Song Of Names star Clive Owen with producer Robert Lantos and director François Girard at Sony in New York Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
François Girard’s The Song Of Names, based on the novel by Norman Lebrecht, screenplay by Jefferey Caine with a score by Howard Shore is produced by Robert Lantos, Lyse Lafontaine and Nick Hirschkorn, and stars Tim Roth and Clive Owen with Catherine McCormack, Jonah Hauer-King (Prince Eric in Rob Marshall’s upcoming The Little Mermaid), Luke Doyle, Gerran Howell, Misha Handley, and Eddie Izzard.
Martin (Gerran Howell) with Dovidl (Jonah Hauer-King) in The Song Of Names Photo: Sabrina Lantos
From what Ed Bahlman calls the 'fantastic' documentary Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould to The Red Violin (Oscar to John Corigliano for Best Original Score), starring Samuel L Jackson, Greta Scacchi, Jason Flemyng, Carlo Cecchi and Sylvia Chang, François Girard is no stranger to films centered around music.
François Girard’s The Song Of Names, based on the novel by Norman Lebrecht, screenplay by Jefferey Caine with a score by Howard Shore is produced by Robert Lantos, Lyse Lafontaine and Nick Hirschkorn, and stars Tim Roth and Clive Owen with Catherine McCormack, Jonah Hauer-King (Prince Eric in Rob Marshall’s upcoming The Little Mermaid), Luke Doyle, Gerran Howell, Misha Handley, and Eddie Izzard.
Martin (Gerran Howell) with Dovidl (Jonah Hauer-King) in The Song Of Names Photo: Sabrina Lantos
From what Ed Bahlman calls the 'fantastic' documentary Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould to The Red Violin (Oscar to John Corigliano for Best Original Score), starring Samuel L Jackson, Greta Scacchi, Jason Flemyng, Carlo Cecchi and Sylvia Chang, François Girard is no stranger to films centered around music.
- 12/21/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Song Of Names producer Robert Lantos with director François Girard and composer Howard Shore at Sony in New York Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
François Girard’s The Song Of Names composer Howard Shore is a three-time Oscar winner for his work with Peter Jackson (Best Original Score for The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring and Best Original Score and Original Song with Fran Walsh and Annie Lennox for The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King) and is a six-time BAFTA nominee. Howard Shore is David Cronenberg’s longtime composer and has worked with Tom McCarthy (the Oscar-winning Spotlight), David Fincher, Tim Burton, Arnaud Desplechin, Penny Marshall, and on Tom Hanks’ directorial début That Thing You Do!
Howard Shore on François Girard and The Song Of Names, starring Tim Roth and Clive Owen: “I worked choosing with him very carefully all the music that's on screen.
François Girard’s The Song Of Names composer Howard Shore is a three-time Oscar winner for his work with Peter Jackson (Best Original Score for The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring and Best Original Score and Original Song with Fran Walsh and Annie Lennox for The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King) and is a six-time BAFTA nominee. Howard Shore is David Cronenberg’s longtime composer and has worked with Tom McCarthy (the Oscar-winning Spotlight), David Fincher, Tim Burton, Arnaud Desplechin, Penny Marshall, and on Tom Hanks’ directorial début That Thing You Do!
Howard Shore on François Girard and The Song Of Names, starring Tim Roth and Clive Owen: “I worked choosing with him very carefully all the music that's on screen.
- 12/19/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
By Lee Pfeiffer
Squeezed in between the seemingly endless barrage of cinematic "tent pole" action and super hero franchises and tasteless comedies are some exquisite smaller films that traditionally get overlooked. One film that deserves plenty of accolades and a wide audience is director Francois GIrard's "The Song of Names", a Canadian production that is being released by Sony Classics. I first saw the film at the Sony screening room in New York City in September and was completely absorbed and moved by it from the opening frames. It's always a danger that a critic, in trying champion a film, might reveal too many details and thus compromise the impact of the movie for potential viewers. "The Song of Names" is one such film. Based on the novel by Norman Lebrecht, the script by the estimable Jeffrey Caine is steeped in religious dogma but it is not a film that is primarily about a religion,...
Squeezed in between the seemingly endless barrage of cinematic "tent pole" action and super hero franchises and tasteless comedies are some exquisite smaller films that traditionally get overlooked. One film that deserves plenty of accolades and a wide audience is director Francois GIrard's "The Song of Names", a Canadian production that is being released by Sony Classics. I first saw the film at the Sony screening room in New York City in September and was completely absorbed and moved by it from the opening frames. It's always a danger that a critic, in trying champion a film, might reveal too many details and thus compromise the impact of the movie for potential viewers. "The Song of Names" is one such film. Based on the novel by Norman Lebrecht, the script by the estimable Jeffrey Caine is steeped in religious dogma but it is not a film that is primarily about a religion,...
- 12/13/2019
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
The Song of Names directed by François Girard, is an instant classic about World War II, a Jewish child violin prodigy who disappears on the eve of his debut as a violinist and his “brother” who tracks him down.
We are entranced by the period on the eve of war in London when an Orthodox Jewish man leaves his son with a British family whose father recognizes the great talent of the child. We watch with interest as he fights and bonds with the son of the music publisher who has taken the boy in as his father leaves to return to Poland in the late 1930s.
You can see this at AFI Fest For Free!
November 17, 3:00 p.m., Tcl Chinese Theatre
November 19, 1:00 p.m., Chinese 1
Director François Girard takes Norman Lebrecht’s acclaimed novel and orchestrates a stellar ensemble as its players in this story about two Jewish boys,...
We are entranced by the period on the eve of war in London when an Orthodox Jewish man leaves his son with a British family whose father recognizes the great talent of the child. We watch with interest as he fights and bonds with the son of the music publisher who has taken the boy in as his father leaves to return to Poland in the late 1930s.
You can see this at AFI Fest For Free!
November 17, 3:00 p.m., Tcl Chinese Theatre
November 19, 1:00 p.m., Chinese 1
Director François Girard takes Norman Lebrecht’s acclaimed novel and orchestrates a stellar ensemble as its players in this story about two Jewish boys,...
- 11/4/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Starring Clive Owen and Tim Roth, Canadian François Girard’s historical drama “The Song of Names” will close the 67th San Sebastian Festival on Sept. 28.
World premiering at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival as a Gala Presentation, “The Song of Names” will play out of competition at what will be its international premiere.
Hanway Films is selling worldwide the film, which was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for the U.S.. Elevation Pictures will distribute in Canada; Filmax in Spain.
“The Song of Names” is based on a novel by British award-winning novelist and cultural commentator Norman Lebrecht, which Jeffrey Caine (“The Constant Gardener”) adapted.
Described as an “emotional detective story,” the film unfolds at the start of World War II, focusing on Dovidl, a 9-year-old violin prodigy who is a Polish-Jewish refugee in London. His brother Martin, of the same age, is devoted to him.
Hours before Dovidl’s...
World premiering at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival as a Gala Presentation, “The Song of Names” will play out of competition at what will be its international premiere.
Hanway Films is selling worldwide the film, which was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for the U.S.. Elevation Pictures will distribute in Canada; Filmax in Spain.
“The Song of Names” is based on a novel by British award-winning novelist and cultural commentator Norman Lebrecht, which Jeffrey Caine (“The Constant Gardener”) adapted.
Described as an “emotional detective story,” the film unfolds at the start of World War II, focusing on Dovidl, a 9-year-old violin prodigy who is a Polish-Jewish refugee in London. His brother Martin, of the same age, is devoted to him.
Hours before Dovidl’s...
- 8/20/2019
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
The San Sebastian International Film Festival will close this year's 67th edition with the international premiere of The Song of Names, starring Tim Roth, Catherine McCormack and Clive Owen.
The film will screen in an out-of-competition slot on the Spanish event's closing night on Sept. 28.
Canadian François Girard (The Red Violin, Silk, Boychoir) directed the drama, based on the novel of the same name by Norman Lebrecht. The story focuses on a 9-year-old boy in London at the start of World War II who befriends a violin prodigy who is also a Polish-Jewish refugee, only to have him disappear ...
The film will screen in an out-of-competition slot on the Spanish event's closing night on Sept. 28.
Canadian François Girard (The Red Violin, Silk, Boychoir) directed the drama, based on the novel of the same name by Norman Lebrecht. The story focuses on a 9-year-old boy in London at the start of World War II who befriends a violin prodigy who is also a Polish-Jewish refugee, only to have him disappear ...
- 8/20/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The San Sebastian International Film Festival will close this year's 67th edition with the international premiere of The Song of Names, starring Tim Roth, Catherine McCormack and Clive Owen.
The film will screen in an out-of-competition slot on the Spanish event's closing night on Sept. 28.
Canadian François Girard (The Red Violin, Silk, Boychoir) directed the drama, based on the novel of the same name by Norman Lebrecht. The story focuses on a 9-year-old boy in London at the start of World War II who befriends a violin prodigy who is also a Polish-Jewish refugee, only to have him disappear ...
The film will screen in an out-of-competition slot on the Spanish event's closing night on Sept. 28.
Canadian François Girard (The Red Violin, Silk, Boychoir) directed the drama, based on the novel of the same name by Norman Lebrecht. The story focuses on a 9-year-old boy in London at the start of World War II who befriends a violin prodigy who is also a Polish-Jewish refugee, only to have him disappear ...
- 8/20/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Spc adds a host of international territories to previously announced Us deal.
The Song Of Names, François Girard’s drama starring Tim Roth and Clive Owen, has scored a series of pre-Cannes deals for London-based HanWay Films.
Following the recently announced Us deal with Sony Pictures Classics, the same distributor has now picked up a host of further territories including Australia and New Zealand, Latin America, South Africa, Benelux, and Scandinavia.
Spc has also bought Portugal, South Korea, China, Pan Asia Pay TV, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
Separately, HanWay has inked further territories on the title: Bulgaria,...
The Song Of Names, François Girard’s drama starring Tim Roth and Clive Owen, has scored a series of pre-Cannes deals for London-based HanWay Films.
Following the recently announced Us deal with Sony Pictures Classics, the same distributor has now picked up a host of further territories including Australia and New Zealand, Latin America, South Africa, Benelux, and Scandinavia.
Spc has also bought Portugal, South Korea, China, Pan Asia Pay TV, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
Separately, HanWay has inked further territories on the title: Bulgaria,...
- 5/14/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
In today’s film news roundup, buyers take rights to “The Song of Names” and “Chain of Death” while and Shaquille O’Neal becomes an executive producer for legal thriller “Foster Boy.”
Acqusitions
Sony Pictures Classics has bought U.S. rights to the music drama “The Song of Names,” starring Tim Roth and Clive Owen.
The film is directed by “The Red Violin” helmer François Girard and is produced by Robert Lantos, Lyse Lafontaine and Nick Hirschkorn. Jeffrey Caine wrote the screenplay, based on the novel by Norman Lebrecht. The original score is by Howard Shore.
The film unfolds at the start of World War II and centers on 9-year-old violin prodigy who is a Polish-Jewish refugee in London. The prodigy’s brother is devoted to him. Hours before his debut concert performance at the age of 21, he vanishes without a trace. Years later, the prodigy’s brother recognizes a...
Acqusitions
Sony Pictures Classics has bought U.S. rights to the music drama “The Song of Names,” starring Tim Roth and Clive Owen.
The film is directed by “The Red Violin” helmer François Girard and is produced by Robert Lantos, Lyse Lafontaine and Nick Hirschkorn. Jeffrey Caine wrote the screenplay, based on the novel by Norman Lebrecht. The original score is by Howard Shore.
The film unfolds at the start of World War II and centers on 9-year-old violin prodigy who is a Polish-Jewish refugee in London. The prodigy’s brother is devoted to him. Hours before his debut concert performance at the age of 21, he vanishes without a trace. Years later, the prodigy’s brother recognizes a...
- 4/27/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the U.S. rights to Tim Roth and Clive Owen’s “The Song of Names,” directed François Girard.
Oscar nominee Jeffrey Caine wrote the screenplay, based on the award-winning novel by music scholar Norman Lebrecht with an original score by Oscar winner Howard Shore (“The Lord of the Rings”).
Robert Lantos, Lyse Lafontaine and Nick Hirschkorn are producing.
Also Read: Clive Owen in Talks to Join Will Smith in Ang Lee's 'Gemini Man'
“The Song of Names” is about friendship, betrayal and reconciliation. It shows that sometimes, only music has the power to highlight the truth and heal the people involved.
“‘The Song of Names’ is one of those emotionally rich stories that defies description. Filial love surviving the jaws of history by way of the spiritual magic of music,” Spc said in a statement. “François Girard is the perfect director here,...
Oscar nominee Jeffrey Caine wrote the screenplay, based on the award-winning novel by music scholar Norman Lebrecht with an original score by Oscar winner Howard Shore (“The Lord of the Rings”).
Robert Lantos, Lyse Lafontaine and Nick Hirschkorn are producing.
Also Read: Clive Owen in Talks to Join Will Smith in Ang Lee's 'Gemini Man'
“The Song of Names” is about friendship, betrayal and reconciliation. It shows that sometimes, only music has the power to highlight the truth and heal the people involved.
“‘The Song of Names’ is one of those emotionally rich stories that defies description. Filial love surviving the jaws of history by way of the spiritual magic of music,” Spc said in a statement. “François Girard is the perfect director here,...
- 4/26/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired U.S. rights to The Song of Names, the François Girard-directed movie that stars Tim Roth and Clive Owen. Jeffrey Caine (The Constant Gardner) adapted the screenplay from Norman Lebrecht’s novel and the pic features an original score by Oscar winner Howard Shore. A 2019 theatrical release is in the works.
The pic is an an emotional detective story spread over two continents and half a century, culminating in the titular song. It shows that within the darkest of mysteries sometimes only music has the power to illuminate the truth, heal and redeem.
Serendipity Point Films’ Robert Lantos (Eastern Promises), Lyse Lafontaine (Mommy) and Nick Hirschkorn (Five Children and It) are producers. HanWay Films is handling worldwide sales, and Elevation Pictures will distribute the pic in Canada.
“The Song of Names is one of those emotionally rich stories that defies description,” Spc said in...
The pic is an an emotional detective story spread over two continents and half a century, culminating in the titular song. It shows that within the darkest of mysteries sometimes only music has the power to illuminate the truth, heal and redeem.
Serendipity Point Films’ Robert Lantos (Eastern Promises), Lyse Lafontaine (Mommy) and Nick Hirschkorn (Five Children and It) are producers. HanWay Films is handling worldwide sales, and Elevation Pictures will distribute the pic in Canada.
“The Song of Names is one of those emotionally rich stories that defies description,” Spc said in...
- 4/26/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Serendipity Point Films reunites with Spc on sixth film.
Spc has picked up Us rights from worldwide sales agent HanWay Films to The Song Of Names starring Tim Roth and Clive Owen.
François Girard (The Red Violin) directed from a screenplay by Oscar nominee Jeffrey Caine (The Constant Gardener) based on the novel by music scholar Norman Lebrecht.
The Song Of Names is described as “an emotional detective story spread over two continents and half a century, culminating in the titular Song. The film shows that within the darkest of mysteries sometimes only music has the power to illuminate the truth,...
Spc has picked up Us rights from worldwide sales agent HanWay Films to The Song Of Names starring Tim Roth and Clive Owen.
François Girard (The Red Violin) directed from a screenplay by Oscar nominee Jeffrey Caine (The Constant Gardener) based on the novel by music scholar Norman Lebrecht.
The Song Of Names is described as “an emotional detective story spread over two continents and half a century, culminating in the titular Song. The film shows that within the darkest of mysteries sometimes only music has the power to illuminate the truth,...
- 4/26/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Variety has been given exclusive access to the first-look image from “The Song of Names,” starring Clive Owen and Tim Roth. HanWay Films is selling the film at the American Film Market.
Jeffrey Caine wrote the screenplay, based on the novel by Norman Lebrecht. The original score is by Howard Shore.
The film, described as an “emotional detective story,” unfolds at the start of World War II. It centers on 9-year-old violin prodigy Dovidl, a recent Polish-Jewish refugee to London. His brother Martin, of the same age, is devoted to him.
Hours before Dovidl’s debut concert performance at the age of 21 he vanishes without a trace. Decades later, a young violinist shows Martin, now in his late 50s, a stylistic flourish that could only have been taught by Dovidl. This prompts Martin to begin a search overseas for his lost brother, “one that will lead to surprising revelations for both men and for Helen,...
Jeffrey Caine wrote the screenplay, based on the novel by Norman Lebrecht. The original score is by Howard Shore.
The film, described as an “emotional detective story,” unfolds at the start of World War II. It centers on 9-year-old violin prodigy Dovidl, a recent Polish-Jewish refugee to London. His brother Martin, of the same age, is devoted to him.
Hours before Dovidl’s debut concert performance at the age of 21 he vanishes without a trace. Decades later, a young violinist shows Martin, now in his late 50s, a stylistic flourish that could only have been taught by Dovidl. This prompts Martin to begin a search overseas for his lost brother, “one that will lead to surprising revelations for both men and for Helen,...
- 10/31/2018
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
HanWay Films handles world sales on Holocaust mystery.
Principal photography will begin on September 27 in London on Holocaust mystery The Song Of Names starring Tim Roth and Clive Owen.
HanWay Films handles world sales on the drama, which François Girard (The Red Violin) directs from a screenplay by Jeffrey Caine based on Norman Lebrecht’s novel about a man who discovers a musical clue that sheds light on the disappearance of his friend when they were boys in wartime London.
Catherine McCormack, Jonah Hauer King and Gerran Howell also star. Production will take place in London, Budapest, Treblinka, Montreal and New York.
Principal photography will begin on September 27 in London on Holocaust mystery The Song Of Names starring Tim Roth and Clive Owen.
HanWay Films handles world sales on the drama, which François Girard (The Red Violin) directs from a screenplay by Jeffrey Caine based on Norman Lebrecht’s novel about a man who discovers a musical clue that sheds light on the disappearance of his friend when they were boys in wartime London.
Catherine McCormack, Jonah Hauer King and Gerran Howell also star. Production will take place in London, Budapest, Treblinka, Montreal and New York.
- 9/27/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Tim Roth and Clive Owen will star alongside Catherine McCormack (Braveheart), Jonah Hauer King (Little Women) and Gerran Howell (Genius) in The Song Of Names, the drama that The Red Violin director Francois Girard begins shooting tomorrow in London. Based on the Whitbread-winning novel by classical music scholar Norman Lebrecht, the screenplay is by Jeffrey Caine (The Constant Gardener), and the musical score is by Oscar Winner Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings).
The film is produced by Robert Lantos, Lyse Lafontaine and Nick Hirschkorn, with Viktoria Petranyi co-producing. Mark Musselman, Peter Touche and Stephen Spence are exec producers. Pic will also shoot in Budapest, Treblinka, Montreal and New York.
The Song Of Names is an emotional detective story spread over two continents and half a century. Beneath the film’s stunning and emotional musical revelation burn the horror of a war and the lost souls extinguished from history.
The film is produced by Robert Lantos, Lyse Lafontaine and Nick Hirschkorn, with Viktoria Petranyi co-producing. Mark Musselman, Peter Touche and Stephen Spence are exec producers. Pic will also shoot in Budapest, Treblinka, Montreal and New York.
The Song Of Names is an emotional detective story spread over two continents and half a century. Beneath the film’s stunning and emotional musical revelation burn the horror of a war and the lost souls extinguished from history.
- 9/26/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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