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Stingo, a young aspiring writer from the south, and the jewish scientist nathan landau and his lover sophie, a polish catholic survivor of the german nazi concentration camps, whom he befriends. Sophies choice was an excellent excellent heart wrenching true to life movie, and this soundtrack is an emotional protrayal, the heart of the movie. Sophies choice original motion picture soundtrack marvin. Sophies choice 1982 stream and watch online moviefone.
Alan pakulas literal adaptation of william styrons sophie s choice is an admirable, if reverential, movie that crams this triangle into a 2 12 hour character study enriched by meryl streep and. Sophie was a polish survivor from the nazi concentration camps during the second world war and her traumatic experiences, including the choices that she had to take brought her in the throes of a. Sophie is the survivor of nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with nathan, a sparkling if unsteady american jew obsessed with the holocaust. Sophie s choice is a 1982 american drama film directed by alan j. Chief among the former is meryl streeps performance, which garnered her first best actress academy award and helped confirm her as one of the most formidable talents of her generation. Gallery of 11 movie poster and cover images for sophies choice 1982. It talked of sophie the main character, in the perspectives of a confidant and observer her friend stingo. Sophies choice is a rare film, literate, deeply moving and gifted with an absolutely aweinspiring performance by meryl streep.
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