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The Bookshop(2018)

PG
1h 53m
- Drama

Release Date: Aug 24, 2018 | Limited

England 1959. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.

Releases

Original Release | Aug 24, 2018

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Box Office

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$75,736
Total US & Canada:
$1,588,150
Total International
$10,473,996
Total Worldwide:
$12,062,146

Director & Top Cast

Isabel Coixet
Director

Emily Mortimer
Florence Green

Bill Nighy
Edmund Brundish

Hunter Tremayne
Mr. Keble

Honor Kneafsey
Christine

Michael Fitzgerald
Mr. Raven

Frances Barber

Jessie

Reg Wilson

General Gamart

James Lance

Milo North

Patricia Clarkson

Violet Gamart

Lucy Beckwith

Guest One

Nigel O’Neill

Mr. Deben

Jorge Suquet

Mr. Thornton

Harvey Bennett

Wally

Lana O’Kell

Ivy Welford

Adie Allen

Mrs. Traill

Lucy Tillett

Mrs. Gipping

Toby Gibson

Peter Gipping

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Aspect Ratio 1.85:1

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Summaries

Storyline

England, 1959. Free-spirited widow Florence Green (Emily Mortimer) risks everything to open a bookshop in a conservative East Anglian coastal town. While bringing about a surprising cultural awakening through works by Ray Bradbury and Vladimir Nabokov, she earns the polite but ruthless opposition of a local grand dame (Patricia Clarkson) and the support and affection of a reclusive book loving widower (Bill Nighy). As Florence's obstacles amass and bear suspicious signs of a local power struggle, she is forced to ask: is there a place for a bookshop in a town that may not want one? Based on Penelope Fitzgerald's acclaimed novel and directed by Isabel Coixet (Learning to Drive), The Bookshop is an elegant yet incisive rendering of personal resolve, tested in the battle for the soul of a community. In 1959, Florence Green, a free-spirited widow, puts grief behind her and risks everything to open up a bookshop - the first such shop in the sleepy seaside town of Hardborough, England. By exposing the narrow-minded local townsfolk to literature, she causes a cultural awakening in a town which has not changed for centuries.