Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice
"Between the innocent, the romantic, the sensual, and the unthinkable. There are still some things we have yet to imagine."
1982
2:31:50
Rate
7.3/10 (876)
Genre
Drama
Romance
War
Plot
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.
Director
Alan J. Pakula
Writers