The Bookshop Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Dec. 7, 2018

The Bookshop

Release Date: Friday, August 24, 2018 Limited

Director: Isabel Coixet

Starring: Emily Mortimer • Patricia Clarkson • Bill Nighy

PG Drama 1 hr, 48 m

4.6 / 5.0

71% WILL SEE 29% WON'T SEE

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: 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.

Drama

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Who stars in The Bookshop – Cast List

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Emily Mortimer
Jay Kelly, Ladies First
Patricia Clarkson
Shutter Island, Friends with Benefits
Bill Nighy
Shelter, About Time

Who is making The Bookshop – Crew List

A look at The Bookshop behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Isabel Coixet last helmed Learning to Drive and Another Me. The film's writer Isabel Coixet last penned Another Me and Map of the Sounds of Tokyo.

Director: Isabel Coixet
Screenwriter: Isabel Coixet

Studio: Greenwich Entertainment
Production Companies: —

Production – What we know about the The Bookshop

Key Facts

Adaptation of Penelope Fitzgerald’s novel.

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

May 2018

Completed

Changed The Bookshop movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: PG Parental Guidance Suggested for some thematic elements, language, and brief smoking
Runtime: 1 hr, 48 m
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

The Bookshop Trailers and Clips

The Bookshop

Official Trailer

The Bookshop Release Date: When was the film released?

The Bookshop was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, August 24 , 2018. There were 12 12 other movies released on the same date, including A.X.L., The Happytime Murders and Arizona. As a limited release, The Bookshop was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.