Sophie’s Choice
New York Jewish Film Festival 2015
January 14 - December 29, 2015
Introduction by Jennie Livingston
Sophie’s Choice won five Academy Awards in 1982, including Best Actress for Meryl Streep as Sophie, a survivor whose happiness with her Holocaust-obsessed boyfriend is endangered by her ghosts and his compulsions.
Introduction by Jennie Livingston
Sophie is a survivor of Nazi concentration camps who has found a reason to live in Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust. They befriend Stingo, the movie’s narrator, a young American writer fresh to New York City. But Sophie and Nathan’s happiness is endangered by her ghosts and his compulsions. With stellar performances by Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline, Sophie’s Choice won five Academy Awards in 1982, including Best Actress.
Sophie’s Choice (1982) | Pers: Meryl Streep, Peter Macnicol | Dir: Alan J. Pakula | Ref: SOP002CH | Photo Credit: [ Itc/Universal / The Kobal Collection ] | Editorial use only related to cinema, television and personalities. Not for cover use, advertising or fictional works without specific prior agreement
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