Movies

January, 1997

Fine Line's Shine is an enchanting movie by writer Jan Sardi and director Scott Hicks. This essentially true story introduces Geoffrey Rush, a splendid Australian stage actor, as classical pianist David Helfgott (portrayed movingly in childhood and young manhood by Alex Rafalowicz and Noah Taylor). Despite a cruel father (Armin Mueller-Stahl) who treats his prodigy's keyboard genius as a personal treasure, young David severs family ties to attend a music school in London, only to fall into the h...