Aug 15, 1996
105 min
Full-HD

Shine (1996)

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.

Category

Drama

Country

Australia United Kingdom

Companies

Fine Line Features Film Victoria South Australian Feature Film Company Australian Film Finance Corporation

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Peter

Noah Taylor

David as an adolescent

Geoffrey Rush

David as an adult

Lynn Redgrave

Gillian

Googie Withers

Katharine Susannah Prichard

Sonia Todd

Sylvia

Nicholas Bell

Ben Rosen

John Gielgud

Cecil Parkes

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