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 Barnes & Noble A tour de force for talented thespian Ralph Fiennes, this sweeping drama directed by Istvan Szabo (Mephisto) is undeniably melancholy, but its also passionate and absorbing and all but unforgettable. Sunshine details the misfortunes of the Sonnenscheins, a once-prosperous clan of Hungarian Jews living in Budapest, whose members fall victim to several anti-Semitic regimes during the 20th century. First, respected teacher Ignatz runs afoul of Jew haters in the World War I era; later, his son dies in a Nazi death camp; still later, his grandson escapes persecution by becoming a Communist bureaucrat. Fiennes plays three generations of Sonnenscheins, and with Szabos help makes each son a distinctive character. In a clever casting move, Ignatzs wife, the family matriarch, is played as a young woman by Jennifer Ehle (who in some shots resembles the young Meryl Streep) and as an old woman by Ehles mother, Rosemary Harris. William Hurt is very effective as a disgraced Communist, and Rachel Weisz registers strongly as Ignatzs mistress. Sunshine has a mulitutde of powerful sequences, such as the particularly haunting scene in which Fiennes is frozen to death by his Nazi captors. Szabos three-hour epic is not for the faint of heart, but it demonstrates human tenacity and resiliency in a most powerful manner. Ed Hulse Interested in the song lyrics? - Check out themostlyrics.com! Looking For A DVD? - Check out dvd-a-rama.com! |
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