Sophie and the Rising Sun (2016)
Storyline
In a small Southern town in the autumn of 1941, Sophie’s lonely life is transformed when an Asian man arrives under mysterious circumstances. Their love affair becomes the lightning rod for long-buried conflicts that erupt in bigotry and violence with the outbreak of World War ll.
Directors
Cast
Margo Martindale, Julianne Nicholson, Diane Ladd, Joel Murray, Lorraine Toussaint, Don Henderson Baker, Jan Hartsell, Cali Ward, Meredith Jackson, Karen Wheeling Reynolds, Takashi Yamaguchi, Mickey Dodge, David Dickson Reynolds, Kenneth Charles Graham, Sabrina Mayfield, Antonio Roberts, Colie McClellan, Ben VanderMey, Bobby Henline, Johnny Pope II, Gray Turner
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Reviews
75
The actors are superb. The nuanced writing and direction have insight. The three-dimensional portrayals of women in the rural South during the war are praiseworthy.
70
Village Voice
Greenwald and cinematographer Wolfgang Held linger on the idyllic beauty of the salt marsh and trees draped with Spanish moss, using the vivid cerulean of native blue crabs to link her characters.
60
There’s a clumsy, soapy tepidness to the procession of plot points, but within individual scenes, the actors pierce the genteel surface.
50
It’s a timid, tired but a tender-hearted wartime romance that should have more edge than its subject promises.
50
The gently nostalgic mood and sleepy pacing effectively erase the movie’s necessary edge.
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