Other Titles • Sunshine • A Napfény íze (2000) • The Taste of Sunshine (1999)
Trivia from Sunshine (1999)
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Both of the producers, Robert Lantos and Andras Hamori are Hungarian and found the script to be deeply moving.
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Theatrical release June 9, 2000.
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Filmed in Budapest, Hungary.
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Says director István Szabó, "Over the last hundred years human being have faced enormous challenges and threats to their safety, an extraordinary situation in which to try to love and work and be happy. I wanted to capture this chaos and struggle."
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Ralph Fiennes spent time in Hungary studying the country's history and culture, and "discovering the joys of goose-liver pate and the pleasures of Tokai wine," to prepare himself for the role.
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The cast included over 150 actors from England, Germany, Canada, America, and Hungary. Of these, many parts were assigned to two actors: one who would play the role of the younger character, and the other who would play the role after 30 years had passed. For instance, two different actors play Ignatz's brother Gustave, and two different actors play the family maid, Kato.
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Clearly the strongest character in the movie-second only to Fienne's roles-Valerie, who plays Ignatz's cousin/lover/wife, was played by a mother-daugher pair of actresses: Rosemary Harris and Jennifer Ehle.
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The film was shot on location in Budapest, with dramatic scenes in the Budapest Opera House, the National Sports Hall, the Synagogue, and the Western Railway Station, shot in the actual locations.
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Each generation explored in the movie--from the grandfather, Ignatz, to the father, Adam, to the son/narrator, Ivan--unfolds in precisely one hour of movie time.
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SUNSHINE was named one of the 10 best films of 2000 by Time, Richard Roeper (EBERT AND ROEPER AT THE MOVIES), Peter Clinton of cnn.com, and the National Board of Review.
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The film received Golden Globe nominations for Best Motion Picture--Drama; Best Director--Motion Picture, Istvan Szabo; and Best Original Score--Motion Picture, composer Maurice Jarre.
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