Sound Of Freedom, “the film not to be seen,” is a feature film about child trafficking inspired by the exploits of Tim Ballard, a character with more shadows than lights.
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Surprising success of the summer in the United States: thanks to a campaign supported by proselytism, 200 million were raised – at a cost of 14.5 million. One of the things that cinema has taught me about life is that when a director promotes his film as “necessary,” it’s because the film is terrible. And by the way, I’m more likely to trust a contract killer than a “necessary” film director.
We are not faced with the typical “necessary” left-wing film. We are faced with the typical “necessary” right-wing film (as right-wing as QAnon). There is a huge Christian film market in the United States, with figures like director David AR White and companies like Pure Flix or Angel Films (responsible for the film in question) producing technically competent films with entertaining scripts. This is not the case with Sound Of Freedom, which appears to have been written by a prepubescent. Its vulgar production clumsily emphasizes that pedophilia is wrong (in case it hasn’t already occurred to the viewer). I can imagine more honest denunciations of crime (La vida loca) and more intelligent titles about pedophilia and prostitution (from Taxi Driver to the unknown A God’s Lonely Man). I can hardly imagine a more unfortunate comparison than the one Jim Caviezel (his protagonist) makes after the credits: “This is Uncle Tom’s Cabin for the 21st century.” The worst nonsense is the shame of turning a bad film into a moral banner to want. And that – forgive me at Angel Films – is something we in Spain know more about than anyone else.
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