The Bookshop

Free-spirited widow Florence Green risks all 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 of a reclusive book loving widower. As obstacles amass and a power struggle develops, 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, The Bookshop is an elegant rendering of personal resolve and a battle for the soul of a community. Directed by Isabel Coixet, starring Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy and Patricia Clarkson.