Valkyre

Paradise Road

Why did it take me so long to see this movie!? This finally came up on my Netflix queue and was sent to me last week. I really didn't have high hopes for it. I think it may have got mediocre reviews. Anyway, it was much better than I thought it would be. Not syrupy sweet like I was expecting. It's about women from all walks of life who end up together in a Japanese Concentration Camp during WWII, on the island of Sumatra. Tortured, starved and fighting off malaria along with other diseases, they manage to form a "choir/orchestra" that hums some of the classics. It's based on a true story. I have a feeling that even though the movie portrayed some brutality, it was much, much worse. I would like to get the book that it is based on and read it.