Solomon & Gaenor

Infobox Film
name = Solomon & Gaenor


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director = Paul Morrison
producer = Sheryl Crown
writer = Paul Morrison
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starring = Ioan Gruffudd
Nia Roberts
Sue Jones-Davies
William Thomas
Mark Lewis Jones
Maureen Lipman
David Horovitch
music = Ilona Sekacz
cinematography = Nina Kellgren
editing = Kant Pan
distributor = APT Films
released = flagicon|UK start date|1999|04|30
flagicon|Germany start date|1999|06|02
flagicon|Malta start date|1999|12|08
flagicon|USA start date|2000|08|25
flagicon|France start date|2000|10|14
flagicon|Hong Kong start date|2001|03|12
flagicon|Argentina start date|2002|67|06
runtime = 105 min.
country = UK
language = English
Welsh
Yiddish
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gross =
preceded_by = "Degas and Pissarro Fall Out" (1994)
followed_by = "Wondrous Oblivion" (2003)
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imdb_id = 0181830

"Solomon & Gaenor" (Welsh: "Solomon a Gaenor") is a BAFTA Awarded and Academy nominated Welsh film released in 1999 and directed by Paul Morrison. The movie was filmed twice, once with principal dialogue in English and once in Welsh. Ioan Gruffudd also delivers some of his lines in Yiddish.

Plot

A young Jew (Ioan Gruffudd) in 1911 South Wales tries to make his living by selling fabrics door to door in the South Wales Valleys, but to do so he must hide his ethnicity. On one of his sales he meets and falls in love with a demure young woman (Nia Roberts) with a strong-willed father (William Thomas) and a Jew-hating anti-semitic brother (Mark Lewis Jones). The two fall in love and she becomes pregnant, but only then does she learn of his ethnic background. When anti-Jewish riots break out, the two are forced to flee and become separated.

Cast

* Ioan Gruffudd as Solomon Levinsky
* Nia Roberts as Gaenor Rees
* Sue Jones-Davies as Gwen
* William Thomas as Idris Rees
* Mark Lewis Jones as Crad Rees
* Maureen Lipman as Rezl
* David Horovitch as Isaac

Awards

* Academy Awards 2000
**Best Foreign Language Film - Nominated

*BAFTA Awards 2001
**Best Film (Sheryl Crown) - WON
**Best Camera (Nina Kellgren) - WON
**Best Costume (Maxine Brown) - WON
**Best Designe (Hayden Pearce) - WON

*Cherbourg-Octeville Festival of Irish & British Film
**Best Film (Paul Morrison) - Nominated

*Emden International Film Festival
**Emden Film Award (Paul Morrison) - 2nd Place

*Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival
**Golden Dolphin (Paul Morrison) - WON

*Verona Love Screens Film Festival
**Best Film (Paul Morrison) - WON

External links

*Imdb title | id=0181830 | title=Solomon & Gaenor