The theme of multicultural interaction remains timely, perhaps especially so during the Trump era. Weitz made the wise decision to have characters speak in their own languages when appropriate, so much of the film is subtitled.
The characters often have trouble communicating, so a Japanese translator brought by the tycoon and played by Ryo Kase has a crucial role in the drama. There are other humorous and tender moments as the film gradually broadens its scope and introduces us to more than a dozen characters, including the French ambassador (Christopher Lambert), a German negotiator (Sebastian Koch) and a Russian businessman (Olek Krupa), along with the rebels. That macabre comic touch, drawn straight from the novel, is indicative of the irreverent approach taken by writer-director Paul Weitz and co-writer Anthony Weintraub. The rebels were hoping to confront the country’s president, but he skipped the party because he was unwilling to miss his favorite soap opera, which was on television that night.
(His lifelong obsession with opera was more thoroughly documented in the novel.) But Roxane has barely finished her performance when the party is invaded by a gang of armed rebels who take the entire group hostage in order to demand the release of political prisoners. A Japanese industrialist ( Ken Watanabe) who is spearheading a business deal has requested her presence because of his admiration for her talent. Friendship, compassion, and the chance for great love lead characters to forget the real danger that has been set in motion and cannot be stopped.Ī finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the winner of the Orange Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award.Moore plays Roxane Coss, a renowned opera singer who agrees to travel to an unnamed South American country to perform at a diplomatic dinner.
But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, a moment of great beauty, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different continents become compatriots, intimate friends, and lovers.
It is a perfect evening–until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr.
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