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Solomon and Gaenor
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MPAA RATING: R for sexuality and a scene of violence
Starring Ioan Gruffudd, Nia Roberts, Sue Jones-Davies, and William Thomas
Set in the Welsh Valleys around 1911, Solomon & Gaenor tells the moving and ultimately tragic story of the love between a Welsh girl and a Jewish boy. (Sony Pictures Classics)
| GENRE(S): | Romance |
| WRITTEN BY: | Paul Morrisson |
| DIRECTED BY: | Paul Morrisson |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: January 30, 2001 Video: January 30, 2001 Theatrical: August 25, 2000 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 102 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | UK |
| LANGUAGE(S): | English, Welsh and Yiddish (with English subtitles) |
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The average user rating for this movie is 8.3 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
r h gave it a0:
Really bad! boring and hard to follow.
Chad S. gave it a 5:
After a roll in the hay, literally, Gaenor reaches down for Solomon's crotch, and remarks that he's different "down there", meaning, he's uncircumcised. In "Boys Don't Cry", Lana(Chloe Sevigny) sees Brandon (Hillary Swank)'s clevage, but prefers the illusion that she's a boy. In "Solomon & Gaenor", Gaenor's scenes with Solomon would've worked better had she been in denial of his heritage, but the girl is clueless. I was certain of this when she appears at Solomon's door and tells him that he was hard to find, like a community concentrated with Jews was the last place she searched. Gaenor's kind of stupid, and her ravenous sexual appetite, could be a behavioral anachorism. Solomon is no rocket scientist himself. Unbridled passion breeds irrationality, but Ioann Gruffudd's fatalism seems more asinine than inevitable because Gaenor doesn't strike me as suicide material.
Peter F. gave it a 10:
To simplify, one might call this "Romeo and Juliet" in Wales but there is more to the story; in particular, a Jewish peddler in a Christian community, a miners' strike, a pogrom that follows a labor dispute. The film is incredibly well-acted and beautifully composed.
Jonathan C. gave it a 10:
I was absolutely moved ... what a tragedy ... great acting by both roberts and gruffudd.
Matthew P. gave it a 10:
Great movie, great story. The acting is supurb. 10 out of 10 from me.
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