Sophie and the Rising Sun
2016 · Movie · 116 min. · United States
Set in the autumn of 1941 in Salty Creek, a fishing village in South Carolina, the film tells the dramatic story of interracial lovers swept up in the tides of history. As World War II rages in Europe a wounded stranger, Mr. Ohta, appears in the town under mysterious circumstances. Sophie, a native of Salty Creek, quickly becomes transfixed by Mr. Ohta and a friendship born of their mutual love of art blossoms into a delicate and forbidden courtship. As their secret relationship evolves the war escalates tragically. When Pearl Harbor is bombed, a surge of misguided patriotism, bigotry and violence sweeps through the town, threatening Mr. Ohta's life. A trio of women, each with her own secrets - Sophie, along with the town matriarch and her housekeeper - rejects law and propriety, risking their lives with their actions.
Direction Maggie Greenwald
Cast Julianne Nicholson · Takashi Yamaguchi · Margo Martindale · Diane Ladd · Lorraine Toussaint · Karen Wheeling Reynolds · Mickey Dodge · Don Henderson Baker · Joel Murray · David Dickson Reynolds · Kenneth Charles Graham · Sabrina Mayfield · Jan Hartsell · Cali Ward · Meredith Jackson · Antonio Roberts
Screenplay Maggie Greenwald · Augusta Trobaugh
Cinematography Wolfgang Held
Original title Sophie and the Rising Sun
5.7
29 votes (FilmAffinity)
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