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Solomon and Gaenor (1999)
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Paul Morrison (writer)
Release Date:
30 April 1999 (UK)
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Tagline:
Their tragedy was to fall in love.
Plot:
A tragic love story between a Jewish young man and a Welsh woman in the beginning of the century. The movie is mostly in English with parts in Welsh and Yiddish full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 7 wins
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1 nomination
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Academy Award’s foreign-language film submissions
(From SoundOnSight. 8 October 2009, 3:26 AM, PDT)
Little Ashes director Paul Morrison talks about the film, the cast, and the future: an exclusive
(From Twilight Examiner. 6 May 2009, 10:37 AM, PDT)
(From SoundOnSight. 8 October 2009, 3:26 AM, PDT)
Little Ashes director Paul Morrison talks about the film, the cast, and the future: an exclusive
(From Twilight Examiner. 6 May 2009, 10:37 AM, PDT)
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Deserves a wider audience
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ioan Gruffudd | ... | Solomon Levinsky |
 | Nia Roberts | ... | Gaenor Rees |
| Sue Jones-Davies | ... | Gwen (as Sue Jones Davies) |
| William Thomas | ... | Idris Rees |
| Mark Lewis Jones | ... | Crad Rees |
| Maureen Lipman | ... | Rezl |
| David Horovitch | ... | Isaac |
| Bethan Ellis Owen | ... | Bronwen |
| Adam Jenkins | ... | Thomas |
| Cyril Shaps | ... | Ephraim |
| Daniel Kaye | ... | Philip |
| Elliot Cantor | ... | Benjamin |
| Steffan Rhodri | ... | Noah Jones |
| Emyr Wyn | ... | Reverend Roberts |
 | Julian Lewis Jones | ... | Wyn |
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Rated R for sexuality and a scene of violence.
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Argentina:105 min | Germany:102 min
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Each scene was filmed twice; once in English then again in Welsh so that a Welsh language version of the film could also be released.
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If only for the fact that the producers sought authenticity in having a trilingual film (Welsh, Yiddish, English), and the starkly authentic look of the settings, the movie is noteworthy. It has a string of nominations and a few wins from film festivals. The players are utterly believable and there isn't a misstep. It's a tragic romance, which means a tearjerker, but to its credit it's not very predictable. Insofar as the families are of different faiths and mutually try to stop the relationship, then it might be a retelling of 'Romeo and Juliet', though anyone watching this movie and expecting "RJ" will be confused. Being one who dislikes subtitles, this movie is still well worth renting.