The Bookshop
Directed by:
Isabel CoixetScreenplay:
Isabel CoixetCinematography:
Jean-Claude LarrieuComposer:
Alfonso de VilallongaCast:
Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, Patricia Clarkson, Honor Kneafsey, Michael Fitzgerald, Jorge Suquet, Frances Barber, Gary Piquer, Nigel O'Neill, Mary O'Driscoll (more)VOD (1)
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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? (MK2 films)
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I love books, and maybe that's why I ended up giving this an extra star, even though it’s not my usual style. But I have to say, The Bookshop is a beautifully simple human drama about Florence Green, a woman who tries to navigate life and opens a bookstore in a picturesque English town. The people around her feel like they’re straight out of a Shakespearean play—sometimes kind, sometimes downright cruel—and the film really explores those relationships. Emily Mortimer plays the melancholic Florence with such grace, but Bill Nighy steals the show. He plays her male counterpart with such ease and elegance that his character quickly became one of my all-time favorites. The Bookshop totally clicked with me. It’s the kind of film that surprises you when you go in with no expectations and then completely sweeps you away with its mood and charm.
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