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Mood:
- ContemplativeEmotionalCaptivatingBleakGloomyBittersweet
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Plot:
- PsychologicalLove TriangleHaunted By the PastHolocaustAgainst HumanityConfinedLove and RomanceMind and Soul more...
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Genres:
- DramaPeriodRomanceMelodramaHistorical
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century40s
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Place:
- New YorkUSA
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- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedOscar WinnerModern ClassicPrestigious Awards
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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- Mild Violent ContentSexual Content
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Sophie's Choice, 1982
English, Polish, German
UK, USA
Profile of Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice can be described as emotional, contemplative, and captivating. The plot revolves around the Holocaust, a conspiracy against humanity, and being haunted by the past. The main genres are drama, romance, and period. In terms of style, Sophie's Choice is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. Sophie's Choice is located in New York. It takes place in the 20th century. It is based on a book. Sophie's Choice has received attention for being a modern classic, an Oscar winner, and critically acclaimed. Note that it involves mild violent content and sexual content.
Summary of Sophie's Choice
Faithfully adapted from Willian Styron's best-selling novel, Alan J. Pakula's handsome production charts the course of an eccentric and intense love triangle in 1947 Brooklyn, New York. Meryl Streep won an Academy Award for her carefully nuanced performance and perfect accent as Sophie, a Polish survivor of WWII concentration camps who harbors a devastating secret. The film is told through the eyes of aspiring Southern author Stingo (Emmy-nominated Peter MacNichol of TV's ALLY MCBEAL) who moves to New York and strikes a friendship with Sophie and her boyfriend Nathan--played by Kevin Kline in his debut screen role.
Details
| Language: | English, Polish, German |
| Country: | UK, USA |
| Release date: | 8 December 1982 |
| Runtime: | 150 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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as Sophie Zawistowski
as Nathan Landau
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- by: Staff (Not Credited)
The New York Times
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- by: Janet Maslin
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- 14.February.2010
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- by: tkoh
- tkoh rated this movie
10/10Must See
- 20.March.2009
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- by: sethdellinger
- sethdellinger rated this movie
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