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Maggie Greenwald’s romantic drama “Sophie and the Rising Sun” premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, and just over one year later, it will be released in select theaters nationwide. Based on the Augusta Trobaugh novel by the same name, the film follows the dramatic story of interracial lovers swept up in the fervor of World War II that has hit Salty Creek, South Carolina. Salty Creek native Sophie Willis (Julianne Nicholson) falls for the mysterious stranger Mr. Grover Ohta (Takashi Yamaguchi), but as their secret relationship evolves, the war escalates and bigotry threatens Ohta’s life. The film co-stars Margo Martindale (“The Americans”), Lorraine Toussaint (“Selma”), Diane Ladd (“Chinatown”), Joel Murray (“Mad Men”) and more. Watch an exclusive clip below.
Read More: ‘Sophie and the Rising Sun’ Exclusive Trailer: Two Interracial Lovers Combat Prejudice In Rural South Carolina During WWII
The film is written and directed by Maggie Greenwald.
Read More: ‘Sophie and the Rising Sun’ Exclusive Trailer: Two Interracial Lovers Combat Prejudice In Rural South Carolina During WWII
The film is written and directed by Maggie Greenwald.
- 1/24/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
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After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, many Japanese-Americans faced extreme prejudice in their own neighborhoods and were routinely made to feel unsafe. The new film “Sophie and the Rising Sun,” based on the 2001 novel Augusta Trobaugh by the same name, follows a romance between Sophie Willis (Julianne Nicholson), a native of Salty Creek, South Carolina, and the mysterious wounded stranger Mr. Ohta (Takashi Yamaguchi). As their secret relationship evolves, the war escalates and soon bigotry and violence sweep through the town, but just then Sophie and her two compatriot risk their lives to protect Ohta. The film co-stars Character Margo Martindale (“The Hours”), Lorraine Toussaint (“Selma”), Diane Ladd (“Chinatown”), Joel Murray (“Mad Men”) and more. Watch an exclusive trailer below.
Read More: Seville International Secures Worldwide Rights to ‘Sophie and the Rising Sun’
The film is written and directed by Maggie Greenwald and is largely produced by women. On...
Read More: Seville International Secures Worldwide Rights to ‘Sophie and the Rising Sun’
The film is written and directed by Maggie Greenwald and is largely produced by women. On...
- 12/17/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
![Ewan McGregor, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis, Dermot Mulroney, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Margo Martindale, and Abigail Breslin in August: Osage County (2013)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzQ5ODE4NTcxNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNjkyNDQ0MDE@._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,207_.jpg)
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Monterey Media has secured U.S. and Canada rights to Maggie Greenwald’s Sophie And The Rising Sun and is planning for a theatrical launch in early 2017. Based on the novel by Augusta Trobaugh, the forbidden love story stars Julianne Nicholson (August: Osage County), Margo Martindale (August: Osage County), Lorraine Toussaint (Orange Is The New Black), Takashi Yamaguchi (Letters From Iwo Jima) and Diane Ladd (Joy). The pic, which served as a Premiere title at this year's…...
- 10/24/2016
- Deadline
Exclusive: Written and directed by Maggie Greenwald, the Sundance Film Festival’s Premieres title Sophie And The Rising Sun tells a story of forbidden love, intolerance and xenophobia. Cinetic is handling sales in Park City and the pic bows Friday afternoon at The Marc. Based on the novel by Augusta Trobaugh, Sophie is set in the autumn of 1941 in Salty Creek, Sc. The story centers on Sophie (Julianne Nicholson), a local who meets and becomes transfixed by Mr. Ohta…...
- 1/20/2016
- Deadline
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