Directed by:
François GirardScreenplay:
Jeffrey CaineCinematography:
David FrancoComposer:
Howard ShoreCast:
Tim Roth, Clive Owen, Catherine McCormack, Jonah Hauer-King, Gerran Howell, Luke Doyle, Misha Handley, Stanley Townsend, Magdalena Cielecka, Eddie Izzard (more)Plots(1)
Constructed like a detective mystery on a grand scale, the film opens the night of the much-anticipated first public performance by Dovidl Rapoport, a Polish musical prodigy. When he doesn't show up, his best friend Martin is left to tell the packed theatre that the performance will not go on. Decades later, an adult Martin (Tim Roth), serving as a judge in a musical competition, watches a young student prepare to play in Dovidl's unique style. This moment sends Martin, over the objections of his wife Helen, on a transcontinental search. As the mystery of the disappearance unravels, Martin finds himself consumed by memories of the deep bond between the two boys — and also uncovering elements of Dovidl's tormented life that Martin simply couldn't have fathomed at the time. (Toronto International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Tim Roth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/805/160805237_4568ba.jpg)
Tim Roth
UK
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
![Clive Owen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/579/160579779_4a9a45.jpg)
Clive Owen
UK
Best movies:
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Sin City (2005)
Inside Man (2006)
![Catherine McCormack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271465_0aefb1.jpg)
Catherine McCormack
UK
Best movies:
Braveheart (1995)
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
Promise at Dawn (2017)
![Jonah Hauer-King](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/210/163210853_a55a15.png)
Jonah Hauer-King
UK
Best movies:
A Dog's Way Home (2019)
Ashes in the Snow (2018)
The Song of Names (2019)
![Gerran Howell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/603/161603552_71f97f.jpg)
Gerran Howell
Best movies:
1917 (2019)
McDonald & Dodds (2020) (series)
Queen and Country (2014)
Luke Doyle
Best movies:
The Song of Names (2019)
Slash (2016)
Misha Handley
Best movies:
The Woman in Black (2012)
The Song of Names (2019)
![Stanley Townsend](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/274/161274197_051173.jpg)
Stanley Townsend
Ireland
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Inside I'm Dancing (2004)
![Magdalena Cielecka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/328/164328252_61e188.jpg)
Magdalena Cielecka
Poland
Best movies:
Najlepszy (2017)
Katyn (2007)
Pitbull: Tough Women (2016)
![Eddie Izzard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/325/159325861_754f41.jpg)
Eddie Izzard
Yemen
Best movies:
Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1999) (theatrical recording)
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything (2016) (series)
Eddie Izzard: Glorious (1997) (theatrical recording)
![Amy Sloan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/433/162433685_8119ee.jpg)
Amy Sloan
Canada
Best movies:
Amish Grace (2010) (TV movie)
The Aviator (2004)
Head in the Clouds (2004)
![Saul Rubinek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/757/162757119_e68668.jpg)
Saul Rubinek
Best movies:
Unforgiven (1992)
The Express (2008)
True Romance (1993)
Richard Bremmer
UK
Best movies:
Control (2007)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Onegin (1999)
![Julian Wadham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/477/477241_a34452.jpg)
Julian Wadham
UK
Best movies:
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
The English Patient (1996)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Daniel Mutlu
Best movies:
The Song of Names (2019)
Howard Jerome
Best movies:
Remember (2015)
Lucky # Slevin (2006)
The Judge (2001) (TV movie)
István Fazekas
Hungary
Best movies:
The Unburied Man (2004)
The Song of Names (2019)
Post Mortem (2020)
Sharon Percy
Best movies:
Billy Elliot (2000)
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
The Student Prince (1997) (TV movie)
Viktoria Kay
Best movies:
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
Vera (2011) (series)
The Song of Names (2019)
![Max Macmillan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/413/166413015_87e896.jpg)
Max Macmillan
Best movies:
The Song of Names (2019)