Sophie's Choice (1979) is a novel written by William Styron about a young American Southerner who wants to be a writer and befriends Nathan, who is Jewish, and his beautiful lover Sophie, a Polish (but not Jewish) survivor of the Nazi concentration camps.

The 1982 film adaptation of the same name was directed by Alan J. Pakula, who also wrote the screenplay. Sophie was played by Meryl Streep, Nathan by Kevin Kline. Meryl Streep won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance, and the film was nominated in four other categories.

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