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Sophie's Choice

Sophie's Choice

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 8, 1982

Runtime

2h 31m

Genres

Drama, Romance, War

User Score

73%

Original Title

Sophie's Choice

Production Companies

ITC Entertainment, Keith Barish Productions, Universal Pictures, Associated Film Distribution

Director

Alan J. Pakula

Budget

$12,000,000

Revenue

$30,036,166

Description

Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.