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Ralph Fiennes stars in Istvan Szabo's award-winning story of a Jewish family's rise from poverty to riches and power in the fraying Austro-Hungarian Empire. Spanning over three generations, the story shows the family being left betrayed and powerless whilst trying to come to terms with major events of the 20th century, notably the Holocaust.
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109 of 111 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
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!
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!
29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:VHS Tape
Being Hungarian and Jewish I was reluctant to see the film in the cinema. But I should not have worried. Although it shows in detail the depressive and violent side of Hungarian history in the 19th & 20th century, it is a masterpiece of cinematography. I am far from being a prude, the only critisism I have of the film is that there are too many sex scenes, and most of them do not add to the storyline. The photography and the sets are handled with great sensitivity and the colours are gentle and authentic...
32 of 33 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:DVD
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
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Wish it had been longer!
I really enjoyed or rather was fascinated by this film. Jennifer Ehle is Rosemary Harris's daugher and both take the same role over the time span of the film. Read more
Published 2 months ago by SCM
3.0 out of 5 stars
Bleak film
I bought this based on the reviews of others. Whilst it was as the synopsis described it did not live up to my expectations. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Suzanne Stone
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great story
A great story to learn about. Just one thing I and all my family did not like - too many unnecessary sex epizodes making a great film just a good one.
Published 2 months ago by Kristina
3.0 out of 5 stars
Sunshine (DVD)
It was quite a good film and well acted but I found it too long. I did not like too much that Ralph Fiennes played so many parts as it was rather confusing.
Published 4 months ago by Daphne A. Booth Yardley
3.0 out of 5 stars
a period type drama
was not the movie I had though, told a good but very sad story of wartime and a family who suffered during the nazi regime in their country
Published 4 months ago by Catheirne Coe
3.0 out of 5 stars
grim
It was well done but rather long and grim for me., That is all I can think to say about it
Published 5 months ago by Sue Lockhart
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sunshine
One of the best films I have seen for a long time and grossly underrated. Ralph Fiennes is extraordinary. Can only recommed it highly!
Published 5 months ago by Ms Jel Göranson
3.0 out of 5 stars
Ralph Fiennes x3
Most reviewers have covered the story so I won't. I was not impressed with Ralph Fiennes playing three generations of his family. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Liliana Godfrey
4.0 out of 5 stars
An Epic of A Film
The story set over a period of more than seventy years, it tells of successive generations of a Jewish family living in the Austrian-Hungarian empire, their families, their loves,... Read more
Published 7 months ago by E. A. Redfearn
4.0 out of 5 stars
Victims Of Ambition and Treachery - a Hungarian Saga
Not to be confused with Danny Boyle's later, only foray into sci-fi, this 'Sunshine' is quite a rare movie; I've not been aware of it ever being on TV. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Tim Kidner
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