Voices (Boses) (NR)
synopsis
Cramp and dark, the kitchen cabinet has become Onyok's only solace from his menacing and abusive father. This is where concerned neighbors find him with a fresh cigarette burn on the palm of his hand. Onyok can neither speak nor cry out the injustice done to him by his own father. He has not spoken a single word in many years. They take him to a shelter for abused children where he meets Amanda, the charitable and kind-hearted administrator of the shelter; Shirley, a plucky young girl who, like Onyok, is also a victim of parental abuse; and Ariel, a reclusive concert violinist guilt-ridden over the death of his girlfriend. When Onyok hears Ariel playing the violin, he is immediately drawn to the music. Before long, Ariel discovers that Onyok is a natural at the violin. He begins to teach the boy. Ariel's initial cynicism over Amanda's, his sister, commitment to care for abused children slowly melts away as he becomes witness to Onyok's talent. Little by little and quiet unexpectedly, the music they make forms a unique bond between teacher and student. Ariel learns to open his heart again and begins to care not just for Onyok but for all the children in the shelter. All this is happening while the shelter prepares for the reconciliation between Onyok and his rehabilitated father. Will Onyok find it in his heart to forgive and forget? Can Ariel bear the pain once again of letting go? Ariel realizes that he does not own the child. And their friendship will have to encompass both their individual issues — hardly similar and yet, resonant to both of them. Nobody knows whether Onyok's reconciliation with an abusive parent will succeed. But one thing remains inevitably clear: he has regained his voice.
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synopsis
Cramp and dark, the kitchen cabinet has become Onyok's only solace from his menacing and abusive father. This is where concerned neighbors find him with a fresh cigarette burn on the palm of his hand. Onyok can neither speak nor cry out the injustice done to him by his own father. He has not spoken a single word in many years. They take him to a shelter for abused children where he meets Amanda, the charitable and kind-hearted administrator of the shelter; Shirley, a plucky young girl who, like Onyok, is also a victim of parental abuse; and Ariel, a reclusive concert violinist guilt-ridden over the death of his girlfriend. When Onyok hears Ariel playing the violin, he is immediately drawn to the music. Before long, Ariel discovers that Onyok is a natural at the violin. He begins to teach the boy. Ariel's initial cynicism over Amanda's, his sister, commitment to care for abused children slowly melts away as he becomes witness to Onyok's talent. Little by little and quiet unexpectedly, the music they make forms a unique bond between teacher and student. Ariel learns to open his heart again and begins to care not just for Onyok but for all the children in the shelter. All this is happening while the shelter prepares for the reconciliation between Onyok and his rehabilitated father. Will Onyok find it in his heart to forgive and forget? Can Ariel bear the pain once again of letting go? Ariel realizes that he does not own the child. And their friendship will have to encompass both their individual issues — hardly similar and yet, resonant to both of them. Nobody knows whether Onyok's reconciliation with an abusive parent will succeed. But one thing remains inevitably clear: he has regained his voice.
