The Song of Names

The Song of Names
Film poster
Directed byFrançois Girard
Screenplay byJeffrey Caine
Based onThe Song of Names
by Norman Lebrecht
Produced byNick Hirschkorn
Lyse Lafontaine
Robert Lantos
StarringTim Roth
Clive Owen
CinematographyDavid Franco
Edited byMichel Arcand
Music byHoward Shore
Production
companies
Distributed byElevation Pictures (Canada)[1]
Kinostar Filmverleih (Germany and Austria)[3]
Big Bang Media (Hungary)[3]
Netflix (United Kingdom)[4]
HanWay Films (Worldwide)[1]
Release date
  • September 8, 2019 (2019-09-08) (TIFF)[5]
Running time
114 minutes[4]
CountriesCanada
Germany
Hungary
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,138,700[6][2]

The Song of Names is a 2019 drama film directed by François Girard.[7] An adaptation of the novel of the same name by Norman Lebrecht, it stars Tim Roth and Clive Owen as childhood friends from London whose lives have been changed by World War II.[7] The film was nominated for nine Canadian Screen Awards, winning five.

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  3. ^ a b "Film #85391: The Song of Names". Lumiere. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b "The Song of Names (2019)". BBFC. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. ^ "The Song of Names". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  6. ^ "The Song of Names (2019)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Clive Owen WWII film ‘The Song of Names’ getting TIFF Gala Presentation". The Loop, July 23, 2019.