National Review, January 27th, 1997
THE Australian Shine is yet another of those films surrounded by an aura of rapt veneration. It is the more or less true story of David Helfgott, the son of Peter, a Polish-Jewish refugee many of whose kin perished in the Holocaust. As a child, Peter scrimped for a violin, which his father prevented him from mastering. But Peter has taught his young son to play the piano. David proves a child prodigy, although Peter has great difficulty letting him go for lessons with a professional teacher nearby. When an offer comes for David to study in America, Peter puts his foot down: the family must n...
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