Reviewed by Kim Lesch

HUMAN BEINGS aren't connected by all that much; we, as a species, perhaps aren't known for recognising that people all have the same basic wants and needs. To be loved, to be respected, to be recognised, to do right. Good art tends to showcase and draw upon these very emotions. Just as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind effortlessly demonstrated how great human stupidity (or genius) can be when love is involved, Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas) puts on a great show of the emotive power that music holds, and even moreso, that of the value of human life in a wartime mentality of 'us' versus 'them'.