This is hands down the most powerful film I have seen all year! It has had such a profound effect on me, that describing it is difficult. Perhaps it is the parallels between it and my own life that make it feel so real.
I love music. I hear it everywhere. I find it in the most unusual of places, just like the young man in the story. I hear music in the wind, in the honking of car horns, in the thunder and lightning of a storm. I hear it literally everywhere. Watching this boy turn what he hears from life into a work of art was truly moving. But it was more than that...this boy was the child of two young people who didn't really plan on him. Without giving away the story, lets just say that he begins his life without parents.
This reminds me of the child I gave up for adoption nearly 22 years ago; a boy. I learned not long ago that he was attending college, majoring in computer science, and would have a minor in music when he was finished. While I have tried searching for him, and someone out there knows who and where he is, I have come up empty. I can only hope that he is safe and sound; that he has a good life, and that he is using the talents that God has given him. I hope that one day we will meet again. I also want him to know that I always wanted him. I have always loved him and wanted nothing but the best for him. I don't know his name, or where he lives. I don't know where he is going to college, or who his adoptive parents are. But, I do know the following:
Born: 05/13/1986
City: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Hospital: Mercy Hospital
Adoption Agency: Catholic Charities
Maybe I'll get lucky; maybe he will be looking for me, find this post, and I'll get an email.
Maybe.
See the movie, whatever you do. It's beautiful from beginning to end.
