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The Bookshop

The Bookshop

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The Bookshop

"A town without a bookshop is no town at all."

2017

1h 50m

6.5(471 votes)

Drama

Overview

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.

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A Contracorriente Films

Diagonal TV

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Emily Mortimer

Emily Mortimer

Florence Green

Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy

Mr. Brundish

Patricia Clarkson

Patricia Clarkson

Violet Gamart

James Lance

James Lance

Milo North

Hunter Tremayne

Hunter Tremayne

Mr. Keble

Honor Kneafsey

Honor Kneafsey

Christine

Frances Barber

Frances Barber

Jessie Welford

Reg Wilson

Reg Wilson

General Gamart

Michael Fitzgerald

Michael Fitzgerald

Mr. Raven

Nigel O'Neill

Nigel O'Neill

Mr. Deben

Creative team

Directed by: Isabel Coixet
Written by: Isabel Coixet
Produced by: Albert Sagalés
Jaume Banacolocha

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