Solomon & Gaenor
First screened in February 2020
Director: Paul Morrison. Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Nia Roberts, William Thomas, Sue Jones-Davies, Mark Lewis Jones, David Horovitch, Maureen Lipman, Bethan Ellis Owen, Emyr Wyn, Adam Jenkins, Cyril Shaps, Daniel Kaye, Elliott Cantor, Steffan Rhodri, Julian Lewis Jones, Arwyn Davies, Dai Morgan, Rhys Evans, Helen Griffin, Gwyn Vaughan Jones, Alan Schwartz, Anne Sessions, Olivia Simova, Barry Davies, Daniel Levy, Derek Smith, Jane Manuel, Daniel Pruchnie. Screenplay: Paul Morrison.

Twitter Capsule: Handsomely shot by Looking for Langston's Nina Kellgren. Well acted by Roberts. Less than it could be, but good.

VOR:   Sociologically interesting for its crossing of cultural, class-based, linguistic, and religious identities. Narrative isn't new, but not stale, either.



Photo © 1999 S4C/FilmFour, © 2000 Sony Pictures Classics

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B–


Academy Award Nominations:
Best Foreign Language Film

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