Shine (1996)
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.
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music
Keywords: tmdb.letter, tmdb.jumping, tmdb.child-prodigy, tmdb.biography, tmdb.australia, tmdb.pianist, tmdb.concert-hall + 132 more, tmdb.piano, mdblist.has-trailer, mdblist.certified-fresh, mdblist.metacritic-must-see, imdb.lighting-a-cigarette, imdb.apology, imdb.driving-at-night, imdb.jewish, imdb.piano-concerto, imdb.trampoline, imdb.royal-college-of-music, imdb.breast-groping, imdb.girl-wears-eyeglasses, imdb.man-wears-eyeglasses, imdb.boy-wears-eyeglasses, imdb.lying-on-a-bed, imdb.reference-to-frederic-chopin, imdb.reference-to-sergei-rachmaninoff, imdb.bar-mitzvah, imdb.reference-to-franz-liszt, imdb.opening-scene-repeated-later-in-film, imdb.repeated-line, imdb.piano-virtuoso, imdb.father-s-grave, imdb.royal-albert-hall-london, imdb.trafalgar-square-london, tmdb.breakdown, imdb.piano, imdb.pianist, imdb.australia, imdb.child-prodigy, imdb.schizophrenia, imdb.beach, imdb.marriage-proposal, imdb.cigar-smoking, imdb.newspaper, imdb.playing-piano, imdb.blonde, imdb.abusive-father, imdb.restaurant, imdb.bath, imdb.child-abuse, imdb.pool, imdb.mental-illness, imdb.classical-music, imdb.electroconvulsive-therapy, imdb.1960s, imdb.1970s, imdb.london-england, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, imdb.handshake, imdb.bathing, imdb.local-blockbuster, imdb.inspired-by-a-true-story, imdb.awakening, imdb.father, awards.oscar-winner, awards.oscar-nominated, awards.best-picture-nominated, awards.golden-globe-winner, awards.golden-globe-nominated, imdb.musical-savant, imdb.musical-genius, imdb.savant, imdb.idiot-savant, imdb.male-nudity, imdb.male-star-appears-nude, imdb.male-rear-nudity, imdb.concert, imdb.concert-hall, imdb.psychiatric-hospital, imdb.city, imdb.tragedy, imdb.reference-to-god, imdb.climbing-stairs, imdb.computer, imdb.reference-to-liberace, imdb.camera, imdb.check-book, imdb.jogging, imdb.handbag, imdb.underwater-scene, imdb.swimming-pool, imdb.hair-dryer, imdb.lighting-a-cigar, imdb.taxi, imdb.cat, imdb.looking-at-picture, imdb.reading-a-letter, imdb.letterbox, imdb.postman, imdb.riding-a-bicycle, imdb.scrapbook, imdb.typewriter, imdb.looking-out-a-window, imdb.chopping-wood, imdb.umbrella, imdb.going-home, imdb.visit, imdb.knocking-on-a-door, imdb.playing-chess, imdb.younger-version-of-character, imdb.night, imdb.record-player, imdb.clipboard, imdb.telling-someone-to-shut-up, imdb.knocking-on-a-window, imdb.scene-during-opening-credits, imdb.opening-a-door, imdb.looking-in-a-window, imdb.rain, imdb.one-word-title, imdb.1950s, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.cigarette-smoking, imdb.bathtub, imdb.musician, imdb.schizoaffective-disorder, imdb.jumping, imdb.jew, imdb.flight-of-ideas, imdb.nudity, imdb.love, imdb.nervous-breakdown, imdb.father-son-relationship, imdb.letter, imdb.wedding, imdb.astrologer, imdb.domineering-father, imdb.pressure-of-speech, imdb.independent-film, imdb.smoking-tobacco
Production companies: Fine Line Features, Film Victoria, South Australian Feature Film Company, Australian Film Finance Corporation