Bel Canto

<p>Somewhere in South America at the home of the country's vice president a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxanne Coss opera's most revered soprano has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gunwielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different a moment of great beauty as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different continents become compatriots intimate friends and lovers.</p>