The Sun Shines Bright astonished me in first hour, I'm trying figure out why it remains so long in the dark if it was quoted one of John Ford's favorite work, the whole success is anchored in a delightful story which is set in post-civil war at small town at Kentucky where are split for political matter with tension still entrenched of an open wound, the confederates leads by the Judge Priest (Charles Winninger best role ever) and their veterans's meeting where someone stolen the American flag, the Yankees want it back, the Judge proudly takes himself the flag back at Yankee's meeting with friendly gallantry, he has been received gently by them, just a slight mocking, the sympathetic and exotic Judge is running for the re-election against the Yankee's candidate, when a colored boy is caught by the dogs after he has been acussed to committed a sexual abuse, the loyal judge Priest stop a hanging for a bunch of avengers, later they finds the real offender from his own community, worst a white man, meanwhile appears on the town a dying ex-wife of the Confederate's General an subject utterly forbidden there due she became a prostitute, she just claims to see his daughter before his near death, she really see the girl, afterwards she stays under cares of the Doctor Lake at Mallie Cramp's bad reputation house. dying there in few days, Mallie goes to Judge's house pleading for a decent funeral with all ceremonial acts, which was promptly attended by the humanist Judge even under penalty of lose the re-election, the haughty judge walks ahead of funeral cortege has been followed by his pals the citizens and even by yours contenders, John Ford made a re-reading on those hard days where the wounds of the civil war weren't healed yet, also about the racial issue was still crawling for best days, all this with the peculiar sense of humor with southern mannerism, a movie to be discover for new generation, the Judge Priest is balm to the soul of those stoned heart and a relief to believe in the promising future, it was the legacy left by the master John Ford!!
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First watch: 2020 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 9.5
Resume:
First watch: 2020 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 9.5