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Empire of Light(2022)

Searchlight Pictures

R
1h 55m
- Drama
- Romance

Release Date: Dec 9, 2022 | Wide

46%
74%
6.6

A drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s.

Releases

Original Release | Dec 9, 2022

Box Office

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$163,405
Total US & Canada:
$1,177,577
Total International
$10,218,027
Total Worldwide:
$11,395,604

Director & Top Cast

Sam Mendes
Director

Micheal Ward
Stephen

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Summaries

Storyline

Hilary (Olivia Colman) is a cinema manager struggling with her mental health, and Stephen (Micheal Ward) is a new employee longing to escape the provincial town where he faces daily adversity. Together they find a sense of belonging and experience the healing power of music, cinema, and community. Margate, England, 1980. As widespread unemployment and a rising wave of extremism plunge the seaside town and Margaret Thatcher 's Britain into recession, depressed Hilary sticks to her daily routine as the dutiful front-of-house manager at the Empire: a dying, golden-era movie palace. But even movies like All That Jazz (1979) and The Blues Brothers (1980) can't help lonely Hillary keep her inner demons at bay. And then, bright-eyed new employee Stephen suddenly enters the picture, shaking Hilary's troubled existence. If the celluloid-scented power of cinema can pave the way for meaningful human connection, is there still hope for the once majestic movie theatre? — Nick Riganas

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