Abraham is the conductor of the Jerusalem Philharmonic and his wife Sarah, the symphony’s gifted harpist is unable to have children. When Hagar, an Arabic horn player offers to bear Sarah’s child, a story of music’s ability to unite humanity unfolds. This film depicts the bond of a family against the backdrop of two cultures at opposition, while exploring music as a source of faith. See go2films.com .
Why retell this specific story from the Book of Genesis?
From a social point of view, it was amazing for me to discover how actual and up to date the story written thousands of years ago is. I felt it was meaningful to look back at our sources of moral issues and see that humanistic questions did not really change from biblical days to the advanced world we live in today. In Harmonia, Sarah, before her decision to let Hagar be a surrogate mother for her, tells Abraham “things like that were also done in the old days”. By this I indicate that times haven’t really changed on the most important moral and humanistic issues.