A worthwhile story was being attempted to be told but for me in the end it was just done in a terribly boring way that I nearly left,I decided to stay mainly because I just like to finish everything I begin just in case it gets better as it goes on by through the storytelling and I just have not given the sufficient time required.
I Love Tim Roth as actor( lie to me) but to be fair even he looked bored in this role at times.
Like I said earlier it looked a good story(Trailer) to try to tell of a Polish boy, orphaned in the second world war and then taken in by an English family, after his Dad left him with them earlier just before Poland was invaded by Germany in1939, to continue the young boys obvious talent with the violin. During this time he began to bond with the son of the family (Roth)who he was adopted by more or less through circumstances of the war.
A few years later he disappeared without trace just before his first concert just about to be hosted by is adopted father to premiere in front of an distinguished audience This left the father broke because he didn't feel he had to insure the concert and when the lad didn't show up to perform it left him financially ruined, after all this he was left heartbroken, and after a few short months he later died of a stroke. We then move forward 35 years in time where the story continues within the passages of time in several flashbacks.
So in fairness I was just left a bit disappointed as I had no feelings or emotions for any of the characters at all, unlike so many other films of that era, so I'm afraid I gave this a (5)
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