Sunshine

Sunshine

  • Director: István Szabó
  • Writer: István Szabó,Israel Horovitz
  • Countries of origin: Germany, Austria, Canada, Hungary, France, United Kingd
  • Language: English, French
  • Release date: July 14, 2000
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: The Taste of Sunshine
  • "Sunshine" is a feature film directed by István Szabó and starring Ralph Fiennes and Jennifer Anne Ehle . It was released in Canada on December 17, 1999.
    Based on Hungary from 1840 to 1989, the film tells the story of three generations of a Jewish family trying to maintain the family's prosperity during historical turmoil and changes   .

    Details

    • Release date July 14, 2000
    • Filming locations Budapest, Hungary
    • Production companies Alliance Atlantis Communications, Bavaria Film and Television Fund, Channel Four Films

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $5,096,267

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $42,700

    Gross worldwide

    $7,918,035

    Movie reviews

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    • By Dean 2022-03-25 09:01:19

      Three generations, three loves

      The story is pretty good, just the name, kinda...

      The only one in our family who has the gift of breathing freely. "Sunshine Lover" was directed by Hungarian director Istvan Sabo (historical works: "Sweet Emma, ​​Dear Baby" and "Crazy Venus") in 1999 The work is co-produced by Canada and Hungary, with Ralph Fiennes playing the role of the grandfather and grandson triangle, and well-known actresses such as Rachel Weisz of "The Mummy" interspersed to play the male lead ( the most...

    • By Amelia 2022-03-25 09:01:19

      A Small Destiny Struggling in the Great Destiny of the Times

      I love this kind of epic movie. Starting from a family, it plays the right and wrong, insignificance and helplessness under the torrent of the times. So emotional... just like Downton Abbey. Very good movie, it was really delayed by the Chinese title. How good is the English title, sunshine, no matter how gloomy life is, there should always be sunshine in my heart.

      Budapest, the place I have been to, in my heart, is more beautiful than many European cities. This movie makes me want to...

    • By Kasey 2022-03-24 09:03:20

      Quote from the movie

      1. You must try to find joy in your life, you realize how delicious this coffee is with warm milk?
      2. You feel you have done the right thing, you could endure anything.
      My darling, you are not in prison, they are in prison.
      3. Politics had made mess of our lives, still live was beautiful. I had been enjoy waking every morning, I had always tried to photograph what' s beautiful in life, but there isn't always been easy. The light keeps changing.
      4. You are entering a new world...

    • By Nico 2022-03-24 09:03:20

      sunshine

      After watching "sunshine" on the plane, whoever translated the title into "Sunshine Lover" was also drunk. In fact, it is about the ups and downs of three generations of Hungarian Jews in World War I, World War II and the post-war communist wave. Although it is not as famous as Schindler's list, it is not inferior to Schindler's list. The more I get to the back, the more exciting it is. The grandmother who lives three generations together from beginning to end is really admirable. It makes...

    • By Dolly 2022-03-22 09:02:40

      Sunshine nectar that washes the soul

      The first time I saw this film was at the midnight show on Phoenix TV. I believe that many mainland audiences are like me. I am a person who is very easily infected by the plot. The number of tears watching this film should be second only to Tokyo Love Story. Especially when my father was whipped to death by Nazi officers. I deeply feel the deepest helplessness and grief of human nature. But we wouldn't love it so much if it was a purely gloomy and bleak film. The last motto feels so natural to...

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    • By Lolita 2023-09-19 20:23:11

      In the face of the torrent of history and the huge political storm, human individuals and families are extremely small; however, politics is only temporary, and human nature is...

    • By Aryanna 2023-03-29 02:08:50

      Three hours is to tell us that the generation of men is not as good as the...

    • By Felipe 2023-03-11 22:08:26

      The rise and fall of a Hungarian Jewish family during World War I and World War II began with character and finally destiny. Fiennes played the role of three generations of father and son. After experiencing life and death, the great changes of the times and the most severe test of fate, he finally woke up and got rid of the generation. The nightmare of reincarnation, to breathe freely and feel...

    • By Alexzander 2023-02-04 17:28:15

      It is really hard to watch such a long film, and I see Ralph Fiennes constantly falling back and forth from the dead and falling in love with all kinds of women. . Hey. . Grandma really has a...

    • By Derick 2022-09-11 22:33:32

      I guess it was cut from 6 hours into 3 hours, only to find out that this is not adapted from any book, the effect of the original script being written into an adapted script is weird...

    Movie plot

    At the end of the 18th century, the Sonanskine family made a fortune with a tonic formula called "Sunshine" and became a prominent family of wealth. A member of the family Ignatz Sonnánskén is a loyal supporter of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In spite of his father's opposition, he married his cousin, Villeret, and shortened his surname to Soth to avoid being squeezed out by anti-Semitic forces during his official career. The ambitious...
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    "Sunshine" is an art film with grand scenes and profound themes. The film is not so much a family history of Sonanskine as it is a Hungarian chronicle. This film actually shows the social changes that Hungary has experienced from the mid-19th century to the end of the 1980s through the story of the Sonnánskén family. Although the film is a main theme film, it portrays the characters and stories vividly while promoting the main theme,...
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    Movie quotes

    • Ivan Sors: [speaking to the graveside of Andor Knorr] Andor Knorr, one of your murderers has come to your grave, to say goodbye to you. I was your first interrogator, someone who you trained to defend the cause without mercy. We believed we were going to make the world better place for people, but, instead, we made it so much worse. As servants of power-hungry criminals, we became criminals. Our politicians lied to the people by saying they were doing good. And then the people lied to the politicians by saying that they believed them. I'm not just saying goodbye to you. I'm also saying goodbye to myself. I stood by and watching my father be... tortured and executed, and I did nothing. Then I watched them do the same thing to you, and I did nothing. I make a promise here at your graveside, to do everything to punish those who have turned ideals into crimes.

    • Valerie: [talking to Ivan Sors] I left your grandfather once. I fell in love with another man. Your grandfather and I hadn't been getting along. He wasn't the sort of person I hoped he'd be. The other man was passionate, a wonderful lover. That is important, darling. He gave me an old medallion engraved with: "I love you."

      Valerie: When your grandfather get in trouble with the Communists, I came back. You must try to find joy in your life.

    • Emmanuel Sonnenschein: [groans] There's too much salt in this soup.

      Valerie: Then the cook must be in love.

      Gustave: You must have made the soup then.

      Valerie: What do you mean by that, Gustave?

      Gustave: You and Ignatz kissing in the museum garden yesterday, and Tuesday

      Ignatz Sonnenschein: Have you gone mad?

      Rose Sonnenschein: [Crying]

      Emmanuel Sonnenschein: Please don't cry, Rose. I beg you

      [talking to Ignatz]

      Emmanuel Sonnenschein: Come with me, now.