How François Girard's The Song of Names became the first feature film to shoot at Treblinka death camp
Quebecois filmmaker François Girard joined q's Tom Power to talk about his latest film, The Song of Names, an adaptation of the award-winning novel of the same name by music scholar Norman Lebrecht.
Twenty years ago, Quebecois filmmaker François Girard found international success with his film The Red Violin. The response was so big that Girard was hesitant to make another movie involving a violin. He joined q's Tom Power to talk about making an exception for his latest film, The Song of Names, an adaptation of the award-winning novel of the same name by music scholar Norman Lebrecht. Girard's film The Song of Names hits theatres on Wednesday, Dec. 25.
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