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
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Best Film
Welsh Bafta 2001Best Foreign Language Film [Nominee]
Academy Awards 2000Best Feature Film
Nantucket Film Festival 2000Best Film
Verona International Film Festival 1999Second Prize
Emden and Wurzburg International Film Festivals 1999Golden 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
