The Bookshop (2017)

2017 · 110 min · Drama

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.

Directed by Isabel Coixet. Starring Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, Patricia Clarkson, James Lance and Hunter Tremayne.

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