Solomon and Gaenor (2000)

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Rating: R

Release Date: Aug 25, 2000

Running Time: 102 mins. (V)

Additional Notes: dialogue English, Welsh and Yiddish

Country Of Origin: United Kingdom

starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Nia Roberts, Sue Jones Davies, William Thomas, Mark Lewis Jones, Maureen Lipman, David Horovitch, Bethan Ellis Owen, Adam Jenkins, Cyril Shaps

director: Paul Morrison

Set in a Welsh mining community in 1911, a young Jewish boy falls in love with a Welsh girl. Solomon, a displaced Jew is forced to hide his true identity and turn his back on his faith and family in the pursuit of true love. Gaenor, a gentle and obedient chapel girl, scandalizes her community by pursuing her love for Solomon. When Gaenor discovers she is having a baby, their families make every effort to keep them apart.

A Jewish Romeo and a Welsh Juliet face religious intolerance in working-class Wales, circa 1911. Break out the Kleenex for an old-fashioned weepie.

Story

It's love at first sight when Solomon (Ioan Gruffudd), the son of an Orthodox Jewish tailor, meets Gaenor (Nia Roberts), a strong-willed young woman from a humble family of Welsh miners. Posing as a Christian and adopting a false name, Solomon successfully woos his lady. But his deception can't last forever, and when the truth comes out, the…