Shine – 1996

Subject: A very gifted child David has genius piano playing skills. However, his father is raising him under the pressure of success, which makes David's life increasingly unbearable. Unable to withstand these pressures, David manages to get away from home with a scholarship from the Royal Academy of London. The compositions he played during his education gradually began to strain his already sensitive mental health. The film tells the real life story of Australian musician, pianist David Helfgott. Geoffrey Rush gives a great performance… In real life, too, we often see parents trying to do things for their children that they wanted to do but couldn't. Here, the movie Shine is one of the rare productions that confronts the audience with this reality and can draw great lessons while watching it.