Sophie's Choice overview
Overall Rating
Total Ratings: 1
Synopsis:
The year is 1947. Aspiring southern author Stingo (Peter MacNichol) heads to New York to seek his fortune. Moving into a dingy Brooklyn boarding house, Stingo strikes up a friendship with research chemist Nathan Landau (Kevin Kline) and Nathan's girlfriend, Polish refugee Sophie Zawistowska (Oscar-winner Meryl Streep). There is something unsettling about the relationship; Nathan is subject to violent mood swings, while Sophie seems to be harboring a horrible secret. Stingo soons learns that both Nathan and Sophie are strangers to truth; the audience is likewise led down several garden paths by a series of sepia-toned flashbacks, depicting Sophie's ordeal in a wartime concentration camp.
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Movie Details:
- Director: Alan J. Pakula
- Studio: Keith Barish Productions, Associated Film Distribution, ITC Entertainment, Universal
- Year: 1982
- Run Time: 157 minutes
- Country: USA
- Language: English, German, Polish
- Set in: Brooklyn, New York City, NY
- MPAA Rating: R
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Drama
- Filmed in: Color
