The Bookshop


1h 53m 2018

Brief Synopsis

England, 1959. Free-spirited widow Florence Green 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 and the support and affection of a reclusive book loving widower. 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 the novel by Penelope Fitzgerald.

Film Details

Also Known As
Bookshop, Buchladen der Florence Green, Casa dei Libri, Der Buchladen der Florence Green, Knjigarna, Könyvesbolt a tengerparton, La Casa dei Libri, La Librairie de Mademoiselle Green, La librería, Librairie de Mademoiselle Green, Livraria, A, librería
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Period
Release Date
2018
Distribution Company
GREENWICH ENTERTAINMENT/MK2/MILE END
Location
Barcelona, Spain; Belfast, Ireland

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 53m

Synopsis

England, 1959. Free-spirited widow Florence Green 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 and the support and affection of a reclusive book loving widower. 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 the novel by Penelope Fitzgerald.

Film Details

Also Known As
Bookshop, Buchladen der Florence Green, Casa dei Libri, Der Buchladen der Florence Green, Knjigarna, Könyvesbolt a tengerparton, La Casa dei Libri, La Librairie de Mademoiselle Green, La librería, Librairie de Mademoiselle Green, Livraria, A, librería
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Period
Release Date
2018
Distribution Company
GREENWICH ENTERTAINMENT/MK2/MILE END
Location
Barcelona, Spain; Belfast, Ireland

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 53m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States on Video January 15, 2019

Released in United States August 24, 2018

Released in United States 2018

Released in United States on Video January 15, 2019

Released in United States August 24, 2018

Based on Penelope Fitzgerald's Booker Prize-winning novel "The Bookshop" (1978/Gerald Duckworth & Company)

Released in United States 2018 (Opening Night Gala)