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Solomon & Gaenor

AN APT FILMS PRODUCTION

APT's first feature film, was nominated for an Oscar in 2000. It is a love story set in the Welsh Valleys in 1911. Solomon is a Jewish pedlar, Gaenor a chapel-going coalminer's daughter. The film traces the fear, confusion and excitement of falling in love with someone from another people and another religion - and the hostility their fragile love engenders from their families and communities. An APT production, Solomon and Gaenor was financed by S4C and Film Four with assistance from the Welsh and English Arts Councils, and produced by Sheryl Crown.

Solomon & Gaenor
Welsh Bafta: Winner Best Film 2001
Academy Award Nomination: Best Foreign Language Film 2000
Best Feature Film: Nantucket Film Festival, USA, 2000
Best Film: Verona International Film Festival, Italy, 1999
Second Prize: Emden and Wurzburg International Film Festivals, Germany, 1999
Golden Dolphin for Best Film: Troia International Film, 1999

 

"A love story with guts and passion" 

 GQ magazine

 

"Moments of intense eroticism stolen in the midst of harsh scenery and family disapproval . . . delightful" 

 The Guardian

 

"Not to be missed . . . a palpable sense of the passion between Solomon and Gaenor, thanks to heartfelt performances from Roberts and Gruffud"
The Washington Post

 

"the romance holds firm around and enchanting performance by Roberts whose emotions rang as true as the grim surroundings" 
The Times

 

"a lyrical, carefully paced and often very beautiful evocation of doomed love . . documentary-maker Paul Morrison's first feature is astonishingly assured . . there is a scrupulous period feel; and the lead performances from Nia Roberts and Ioan Gruffud are sensitively judged" 
The Financial Times

 

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