Shine (1996)

PG-1308/15/1996Drama1h 45m
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A true story of the mystery of music and the miracle of love

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Geoffrey Rush

    David as an adult

  2. Cast 1

    Noah Taylor

    David as an adolescent

  3. Cast 1

    Armin Mueller-Stahl

    Peter

  4. Cast 1

    Lynn Redgrave

    Gillian

  5. Cast 1

    Googie Withers

    Katharine Susannah Prichard

  6. Cast 1

    Sonia Todd

    Sylvia

  7. Cast 1

    Nicholas Bell

    Ben Rosen

  8. Cast 1

    John Gielgud

    Cecil Parkes

  9. Justin Braine

    Tony

**Perhaps one of the most striking films in the work of Geoffrey Rush, and one of the toughest and most sincere portrayals of brilliance that cinema has seen to date.** Even though I'm a pretty serious music lover, and I've always loved classical music, I didn't know David Helfgott until I saw this film. The musical universe is full of prodigies who reveal talent since childhood. Mozart is perhaps the most famous example of this. However, it is one of those subjects that I feel we tend to overestimate, because you can also find prodigious children in other areas of knowledge, including the ...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$5,500,000.00

Revenue $35,892,330.00

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