Sunshine DVD box set ollows a family of Hungarian Jews through 70 years
of political history, and the various regimes that took over and ultimately
abused their people. Ralph Fiennes plays three roles that of grandfather, son,
and grandson as the years sweep by, managing to carry the differences between
the men without a hint of strangeness. This deep and moving film has themes and
sub-themes to spare, and is an epic drama worthy of the respect it has earned,
with a Golden Globe nomination for Best Picture.
The first story takes place during the tail
end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and centres on Ignatz Sonnenschein, the
eldest son of a successful Jewish distiller. Though the family fortune has been
made on a secret tonic recipe that has been passed down for generations,
neither Ignatz nor his brother, Gustave (James Frain), have any interest in
joining the family business, perfering instead to enter into the fields of law
and medicine, respectively.
The second story focuses on Ignatz and
Valerie's younger son, Adam, who comes of age after the collapse of the
monarchy and becomes a celebrated, Olympic gold medal winning fencer. Sunshine tells a massive story (I've really only revealed the plot in
broadstrokes and left out tons of plot threads, developments, and characters)
and, for the most part, tells it quite well. The first two segments concerning
Ignatz and Adam are engaging and often thought provoking; however the film runs
out of steam in the midst of the third and final story.
To sum up, Sunshine is a thoughtful and powerful drama. It tells me that have
faith, but we don’t need to be stubborn. It is a natural rule of sun rose and
set, the life will continue, but one day, everyone will be gone.
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