Credits

Writer / Director: Paul Morrison

Producer: Sheryl Crown

Cast: Ioan Gruffud, Nia Roberts

Partners: FilmFour, S4C, Welsh Arts Council, English Arts Council

SOLOMON & GAENOR 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.

Awards & Festivals

Best Film
— Welsh Bafta 2001 

Best Foreign Language Film [Nominee]
— Academy Awards 2000

Best Feature Film
— Nantucket Film Festival 2000

Best Film
— Verona International Film Festival 1999

Second Prize
— Emden and Wurzburg International Film Festivals 1999

Golden Dolphin for Best Film
— Troia International Film 1999

Reviews

“A love story with guts and passion.”
— GQ

“The two leads throw sparks every time they’re onscreen together.”
— Hollywood Reporter

“Enchanting performance by Roberts whose emotions rang as true as the grim surroundings.”
— The Times