The Bookshop
Directed by Isabel Coixet
Starring Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, Patricia Clarkson, James Lance, Hunter Tremayne, Honor Kneafsey, Frances Barber, Reg Wilson, Michael Fitzgerald, Nigel O'Neill
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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.
- Original language
- English
- Screenplay
- Isabel Coixet, Penelope Fitzgerald
- Music
- Alfonso Vilallonga
- Cinematography
- Jean-Claude Larrieu
- Cast
- James Lance, Hunter Tremayne, Honor Kneafsey, Frances Barber, Reg Wilson, Michael Fitzgerald, Nigel O'Neill, Jorge Suquet, Lana O'Kell
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Updated July 22, 2026
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