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Sunshine(Movie, 1999)

3h 1min | Genres: Drama, History
SunshineRating: 3.3/5 (with 5656 votes)
Sunshine is a 1999 epic historical drama film directed by István Szabó and written by Israel Horovitz and Szabó. It follows five generations of a Hungarian Jewish family, originally named Sonnenschein (German: "sunshine"), later changed to Sors (Hungarian: "fate"), during changes in Hungary, focusing mostly on the three generations from the late 19th century through the mid-20th century. The family story traverses the creation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire through to the period after the 1956 Revolution, while the characters are forced to surrender much of their identity and endure family conflict. The central male protagonist of all three generations is portrayed by Ralph Fiennes. The film's stars include Rachel Weisz and John Neville, with the real-life daughter and mother team of Jennifer Ehle..."> ()
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Awards & Nominations for Sunshine

European Film Award for Best Actor European Film Award for Best Screenwriter European Film Award for Best Cinematographer National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture European Film Award for Best Film European Film Award for Best Actor European Film Award for Best Screenwriter European Film Award for Best Cinematographer

About Sunshine

The story of a Jewish family living in Hungary—through three generations—rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The patriarch becomes a prominent judge but is torn when his government sanctions anti-Jewish persecutions. His son converts to Christianity to advance his career as a champion fencer and Olympic hero, but is caught up in the Holocaust. Finally, the grandson, after surviving war, revolution, loss and betrayal, realizes that his ultimate allegiance must be to himself and his heritage.

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Additional Information

Production countries: Austria, Canada, Germany, Hungary
Shot in: Budapest
Plays in: Austria, Hungary
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), French (FR)
Translated into 16 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date GR: 09/13/1999
Director: István Szabó
Film Editor: Michel Arcand, Dominique Fortin
Director of Photography: Lajos Koltai
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Costume designer: Györgyi Szakács
Make-up Artist: Jeremy Woodhead
Production Designer: Attila Ferenczfy-Kovács
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"A napfény íze"
"Sunshine - Ein Hauch von Sonnenschein"
"Вкус солнечного света"
"The Taste of Sunshine"
Revenue: 7,918,035 USD

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Other movies with this title: Sunshine (US, 1916), Sunshine (US, 1973), Sunshine (GB/US, 2007), Sunshine (2011), Sunshine (SG, 2013), Sunshine (2018)

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