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Shine is a 1996 Australian biographical psychological drama film directed by Scott Hicks from a screenplay by Jan Sardi, based on the life of David Helfgott, a pianist who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions.
Shine: Directed by Scott Hicks. With Geoffrey Rush, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd, Chris Haywood. 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.
As a child piano prodigy, David Helfgott's (Geoffrey Rush) musical ambitions generate friction with his overbearing father, Peter (Armin Mueller-Stahl). When Helfgott travels to London on a ...
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Nov 29, 1996 · Geoffrey Rush plays David as an adult who goes mad and then slowly heals with the help of an understanding woman. But it is all so much more complicated than this makes it sound. We should begin with David's father, Peter ( Armin Mueller-Stahl ), a Polish Jew who survived the Holocaust but lost most of his family.
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BUY it on DVD and BLU-RAY Here: http://www.umbrellaent.com.au/default.aspxThe true life story of piano virtuoso David Helfgott (Geoffrey Rush in an Academy A...
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. Scott Hicks. Director, Story. Jan Sardi.
Nov 22, 1996 · Shine is the compelling and poignant story of a young man who defies his father's wishes in order to pursue his dreams. Both thought-provoking and powerful, it tells a story of rebellion and of individuality through the eyes of a pianist whose only form of self-expression is found in the keys of his instrument.
Young piano prodigy is pushed to the breaking point by his smothering father. As a disfunctional adult, he eventually finds peace in the very thing that drove him to the...
'Shine' is a moving tale about the power of the human spirit. Pushed to the brink by his father and teachers, Australian piano prodigy David Helfgott (Alex Rafalowicz) has a...
