Solomon & Gaenor

Narrative Feature • 1999 • 104’ • UK

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.

Writer / Director: Paul Morrison

Producer: Sheryl Crown

Cast: Ioan Gruffud, Nia Roberts

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

  • 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

  • “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