Sunshine [2000] (DVD)

Description: Genre: War & Western - War / Theatrical Release: 2000 / Suitable for 15 years and over / Director: István Szabó / ... more

Sunshine [2000] (DVD) ... Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle, Deborah Kara Unger ... / DVD released 2001-02-19 at Momentum Pictures / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen

Newest Review: ... grows up to become a famous fencer who wins an olympic gold despite difficulties surrounding his Jewish roots-he converts to ... more

... Roman Catholicism to join the fencing club thus losing more of his family roots. These events take place in the 30s and demonstrate the situation many Jewish families found themselves in during this time-listening to the radio all the family (want to) believe that they are exempt from being sent to the concentration camps on a list of exceptions given by the Nazis giving a look at the complexities of assimilation and multiple loyalties. Eventually Adam and his son are sent to Auschwitz, where Adam is killed for refus...more

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Sunshine [2000] (DVD): Sunshine-and not the Danny Boyle film! (729 words)
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Sunshine, directed by Istvan Szabo, is an award winning co-production between Austria, Germany, Canada and Hungary. An historical film, the story weaves through 3 generations of a Jewish family in Hungary from the turn of the 20th century to the communist regime post 1956 examining issues of family, torn loyalty and the effects of our personal and national history upon our lives. The film follows the lives of 3 generations of the Sonnenshein family, all played by Ralph Fiennes, through the intense upheavals of the period. Ignatz Sonnenshein is a political conservative loyal to the Emperor even changing his name from the too Jewish Sonnenshein from which the ... Read the complete review

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