6.0
Factory Girl
2006
“A true story of the mystery of music and the miracle of love”
Shine (1996)
August 15, 19961h 45mEN
7.4
704 votes
Overview
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
Director
Scott HicksWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
Yiddish
Budget
$5.5M
Revenue
$35.9M
Production Companies
Fine Line FeaturesFilm VictoriaSouth Australian Feature Film CompanyAustralian Film Finance Corporation
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User Reviews
Filipe Manuel Neto
10.0**Perhaps one of the most striking films in the work of Geoffrey Rush, and one of the toughest and most sincere portrayals of brilliance that cinema has seen to date.** Even though I'm a pretty serious music lover, and I've always loved classical music, I didn't know David Helfgott until I saw this film. The musical universe is full of prodigies who reveal talent since childhood. Mozart is perhaps the most famous example of this. However, it is one of those subjects that I feel we tend to overestimate, because you can also find prodigious children in other areas of knowledge, including the…
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