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EL PRADO SITGES : Cine Club Sitges
- SHINE: 27th June – Thursday 20:30
105 min – Biography | Drama | Music
Featuring a strong performance from Geoffrey Rush, Shine succeeds in telling a compelling, inspirational story without resorting to cheap sentimentality.
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
- IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt0117631/
- RTomatoes 91%: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shine/
The film tells the true story of gifted Australian pianist David Helfgott and was nominated for seven Oscars, with actor Geoffrey Rush winning for Best Actor. Helfgott was a pianist with a history of mental problems. A child prodigy in maths, chess and piano, David is driven hard by his tyrant of a father who forbids him to accept a scholarship offered by the great violinist Isaac Stern. Although he studies briefly in London (under tutor Cecil Parks played by John Gielgud), David has a nervous breakdown after performing Rachmaninoff’s daunting “Piano Concerto No. 3” (known as the “Rach 3”). Years later, David suffers a constant nervous stammer and has been reduced to playing in a bar – but his fortunes change after he falls in love.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTt4Ar6pzO4
Stills: https://www.facebook.com/CineClubSitges/photos_stream
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117631/
Rotten Tomatoes: 91% http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shine/
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