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- 2000
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 45 m
- 2000
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 45 m
Summary 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)
Directed By: Paul Morrison
Written By: Paul Morrison
- 2000
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 45 m
- 2000
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 45 m
Solomon & Gaenor
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Summary 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)
Directed By: Paul Morrison
Written By: Paul Morrison
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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55% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
36% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
9% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
58
55% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
36% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
9% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
A "Romeo and Juliet" tragedy of surprising power.
With Solomon & Gaenor, it is hard to overlook the folly of the characters. Does it count as a tragedy when the characters get more or less what they were asking for?
A graceful, understated sense of period allows the behavior of the characters in this love story to be unusually nuanced, making their experiences seem uncontrived as well as archetypal.
It takes us nowhere we haven't been before, except geographically.
Feels repetitive and impacted.
First-time writer-director Paul Morrison has a gift for evoking a time and place.
By the time the heavy-handed Solomon & Gaenor is over, it has become such a punishing exercise in the self-evident that one is left numb and eager for escape.
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Production Company
APT Films,
APT Productions,
Arts Council of England,
Arts Council of Wales,
Channel Four Films,
MetFilm Production,
National Lottery,
September Films,
Sianel 4 Cymru (S4C)
Release Date Aug 25, 2000
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating R
Tagline Their tragedy was to fall in love.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
BAFTA Awards, Wales
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
Schermi d’Amore - Verona Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
