Sunshine [DVD] [2000]

Product Details

• Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle, Deborah Kara Unger
• Directors: István Szabó
• Writers: István Szabó, Israel Horovitz
• Producers: Andras Hamori, Danny Krausz, Gabriella Prekop, Jonathan Debin, Julia Rosenberg
• Format: PAL
• Language English, French
• Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Classification: 15
• Studio: Momentum Pictures
• DVD Release Date: 19 Feb 2001
• Run Time: 181 minutes
  

By : Ralph Fiennes (Actor), Rosemary Harris (Actor), István Szabó (Director)|Rated:Suitable for 15 years and over|Format: DVD
Price : £2.89

Customer Reviews

This movie is simply brilliant!

It tells the story of a Hungarian Jewish family through 3 generations. We get to see the history of the 20th century, the 2nd world war, how it aaffected Hungary through a family's life. And though everything changes around the Sonnenschein (later Sors) family: regimes, friends, people they can trust, etc... there is still a constancy: the bloodline, the relations, the family bond, the love.

It is such a moving an overwhelming movie, simply brilliant.

The cast is excellent! From Jennifer Ehle to Rachel Weisz, everybody is perfect! And for Ralph Fiennes who plays the 3 main characters (the grandfather, the father and the son), I can't find the words. He plays them so masterfully, that despite the physical ressemblance, you can see that they are 3 totally different persons.

Yes, of course it is dark because it deals with deportation, Jewish camps, but it is that kind of film that after seeing it, you will be thinking about it for days. I have first seen it when I was 14, and ever since it has been one of my favorite movies, not only because the acting is excellent, or the photography breathtaking, but because it gives a whole round story with such emotional depth and moral lessons that the catharsis is guaranteed.

A wonderful movie, you absolutely have to check out if you haven't seen it yet!

this film is a rather long but very fine portrayal of a hungarian jewish family whose fate is constantly altered over the generations by the political swings in their country. wether it's the communists or the facists in power, someone in the family is supporting the wrong team. fiennes is superb in this film and it's a good thing as really is at the heart of this story as he plays several members of this family whose attempts to assimilate affect their future generation more than they consider. don't be put off, this is not a film of doom and gloom, it's rather subtle and raises interressting questions about nationalism and loyalty, tradition and another dissfuntional family

 

Sunshine [DVD] [2000]