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‘Boses’ brings message of hope, healing

November 14, 2008 00:55:00
Jude Bautista
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines – Fresh from its first international screening at the Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival last month, the movie “Boses” had its first community screening recently at the Don Bosco Youth Center in Tondo, Manila before a cheering audience of young kids eager to listen to the violin played by someone who could be their favorite playmate or neighbor.

The touching story of a mute child who finds his ‘voice’ by learning the violin has, by now, endeared audiences on both sides of the Pacific, with its message of protecting the rights of children crossing class and national border boundaries.

Director Ellen Ongkeko-Marfil was concerned initially that the first foreign viewers of “Boses” might not be as receptive.

Her other concerns: if the subtitles could not convey the meaning of the Filipino dialogue or if they did not like