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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date2017-11-10
Languageen
Runtime1h 50m
Budget$5,400,000
Revenue$12,055,868
Production

Zephyr Films, A Contracorriente Films, Diagonal TV

6.5(471)
•2017•1h 50m

The Bookshop

"A town without a bookshop is no town at all."

Drama

Overview

Set in a small English town in 1959, a woman decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield.

Writing & Screenplay
Isabel Coixet
Cinematography
Jean-Claude Larrieu

Principal Cast

27 credited
Emily Mortimer
Emily MortimerFlorence Green
Bill Nighy
Bill NighyMr. Brundish
Patricia Clarkson
Patricia ClarksonViolet Gamart
James Lance
James LanceMilo North
Hunter Tremayne
Hunter TremayneMr. Keble
Honor Kneafsey
Honor KneafseyChristine
Frances Barber
Frances BarberJessie Welford
Reg Wilson
Reg WilsonGeneral Gamart
Michael Fitzgerald
Michael FitzgeraldMr. Raven
Nigel O'Neill
Nigel O'NeillMr. Deben

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