Shine

Name: Shine
Genre: Biography, Music, Drama
Released: 1996
Duration: 105 min
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd, Chris Haywood, Alex Rafalowicz

Scott Hicks19961h 45mBiography, Music, Drama

Why we chose it

Geoffrey Rush won a historic sweep of awards, including the Oscar, the Golden Globe and the BAFTA, for playing the Australian pianist David Helfgott, who learns his instrument under a tyrannical father who can’t stand failure. Chasing perfection will cost him dearly.

Synopsis

In 1950s Adelaide, Peter Helfgott, a Holocaust survivor, teaches his son the piano and won’t even hear of mediocrity. David wins competition after competition, but when an invitation comes to study in America, his father forbids him to go. A few years later the boy is offered a scholarship in London, and this time he leaves against his father’s will.