Sophie's ChoiceSophie's Choice
(1982)
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Sophie's Choice

A Holocaust survivor finds love with an American Jew, but their happiness is threatened by their past.

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Directed by Alan J. Pakula, 'Sophie’s Choice' is a powerful film that will break your heart (it's no wonder legendary Meryl Streep won her second Oscar). It may be a bit dated narratively for our time, especially considering it runs almost three hours, but it is also a demonstration of its leading actress's immense talent.

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Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust. They befriend Stingo, the movie's narrator, a young American writer new to New York City. But the happiness of Sophie and Nathan is endangered by her ghosts and his obsessions.

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