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Sophie and the Rising Sun

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Original title

Sophie and the Rising Sun

Year

2016

Running time

116 min.

Country

United States

Director

Maggie Greenwald

Screenwriter

Maggie Greenwald. Novel: Augusta Trobaugh

Cast

Cinematography

Wolfgang Held

Producer

Sophie Film

Genre

Drama | 1940s

Synopsis

Set in the autumn of 1941 in Salty Creek, a fishing village in South Carolina, the film tells the dramatic story of interracial lovers swept up in the tides of history. As World War II rages in Europe a wounded stranger, Mr. Ohta, appears in the town under mysterious circumstances. Sophie, a native of Salty Creek, quickly becomes transfixed by Mr. Ohta and a friendship born of their mutual love of art blossoms into a delicate and forbidden courtship. As their secret relationship evolves the war escalates tragically. When Pearl Harbor is bombed, a surge of misguided patriotism, bigotry and violence sweeps through the town, threatening Mr. Ohta's life. A trio of women, each with her own secrets - Sophie, along with the town matriarch and her housekeeper - rejects law and propriety, risking their lives with their actions.

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Sophie and the Rising Sun

2016

Maggie Greenwald

5.7

(30)