The Bookshop Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Bookshop.

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  Emily Mortimer

  Paddington in Peru, Cars 2

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  Patricia Clarkson

  Friends with Benefits, Shutter Island

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  Bill Nighy

  The Wild Robot, That Christmas

Crew Behind the Film

The The Bookshop behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Isabel Coixet last directed Learning to Drive and Another Me. The film's writer Isabel Coixet last wrote Another Me and Map of the Sounds of Tokyo.

Director

Isabel Coixet

Screenwriter

Isabel Coixet

Additional Information

All Trailers

Official The Bookshop movie trailers and clips.

Production Details

What we know about the The Bookshop movie production.

Key Facts

• Adaptation of Penelope Fitzgerald’s novel.

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