The poster of the movie - a picture of half a violin - isn't really apealing to watch this movie. Nevertheless, the names on the same poster and the story make you think you are going for a very interesting movie. That could have been the case when the acting would have been better, the story more realistic and the technical aspects would have been handled better. Now it is a movie that makes you almost fall asleep, while you shouldn't cause it is actually very interesting what developes before your eyes. A violin-student meets a young woman, who is accompanied by a little autistic child. The little boy has showed some response to music, and she wonders if she can do anything with music-therapy. It is a story, full of emotions, and even though it is not of a high standard, there are a few moments in the movie where you have to swallow again to prevent yourself from crying.
Where Nicholas Saputra is impressive in his role as the violin-student, Jajang C. Noer, (who plays a very impressive part as the mother in Eliana, Eliana (2002), is here however showing the worst she can. The way she talks and acts does not convince you she is a doctor or a mother. It makes the film keep a distance from the audience, where it should bring the people on the screen actually closer. Here is a story, that especially in Indonesia is one of many. People with handicaps are seen as the outcast of the society, and in many cases end up on the street begging for money, or are hidden by their families. This movie could have given an example that a handicap not means that you are also stupid. But unfortunately, the movie laks to much to convince anything at all.
At times, the cinamaphotography and the decor are impressive, as where the camerawork could have been done better.
It's a pitty...
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