England 1959: Against much resistance, the widowed Florence Green, in her mid-thirties, opens a bookstore and has to fight against intimacy and controversy. Florence decides to open a bookshop in the "Old House" in the small coastal town of Hardborough in Suffolk. Although this is not an easy task, she manages to start her business on her own in the small town's old historic building. Despite loyal customers like the lonely Edmund Brundish, sales figures begin to collapse after a year. Because Mrs. Violet Gamart, wife of a general, would rather establish a cultural center in the old building, she also uses intrigue to do so.
Keywords
- Goya Award for Best Film
- Portraits of empowered women
- Premios Goya
- Spanish Cinema
- The Sooner team's favorites: Stephanie
- history
- women
Actors
- Patricia Clarkson
- James Lance
- Jorge Suquet
- Bill Nighy
- Emily Mortimer
- Michael Fitzgerald
Director
- Isabel Coixet
Drama
1h 53min
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England, 1959. A woman decides to open a bookshop, despite protests from the local population.
England, 1959. A woman decides to open a bookshop, despite protests from the local population.
England 1959: Against much resistance, the widowed Florence Green, in her mid-thirties, opens a bookstore and has to fight against intimacy and controversy.
Florence decides to open a bookshop in the "Old House" in the small coastal town of Hardborough in Suffolk. Although this is not an easy task, she manages to start her business on her own in the small town's old historic building. Despite loyal customers like the lonely Edmund Brundish, sales figures begin to collapse after a year. Because Mrs. Violet Gamart, wife of a general, would rather establish a cultural center in the old building, she also uses intrigue to do so.
Cast & Crew
Director
Isabel Coixet
Cast
Patricia Clarkson
Cast
James Lance
Cast
Jorge Suquet
Cast
Bill Nighy
Cast
Emily Mortimer
Cast
Michael Fitzgerald