The Bookshop
England 1959. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Released
- 2017
- Country
- United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, France
Details
Release year: 2017
Storyline
England 1959. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.
Top credits
Emily Mortimer ā Florence Green
Bill Nighy ā Edmund Brundish- Hunter Tremayne ā Mr. Keble
Honor Kneafsey ā Christine
Did you know
ā¢ A book seen many times in this film is "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury. Bradbury's book plot is about a futurist society where people don't read books, books are banned and firemen's mission is to burn them. At the end of this film the bookshop is set on fire.
ā¢ The narrator is Julie Christie. A half century earlier, Ms Christie starred in the film Fahrenheit 451 (1966), adapted from the Ray Bradbury novel that was prominently featured in Bookshop.
ā¢ Filmed in a small town in Portaferry, Co. Down
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $1,588,150
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $75,736 (2018-08-26)
User reviews
A beautiful and poignant movie
a slow-moving village drama full of old-world Britishness
Sadly Underrated
Technical specs
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
