Bel Canto (15)

Bel Canto (15)

Based on Ann Patchett’s best-selling novel and adapted for the screen by Paul Weitz and Anthony Weintraub, Bel Canto is a dramatic love story that follows a famous soprano (Julianne Moore) who travels to South America to give a private concert at a party for a wealthy Japanese industrialist (Ken Watanabe).  Just as the glittering gathering of diplomats and politicians convenes, the mansion is taken over by a guerrilla rebel group demanding the release of their imprisoned comrades.  Threats are made, lives are lost, a tense negotiation begins, and a long standoff ensues.