Project Detail

The Bookshop

Synopsis

A woman in a small town in 1959 England decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop. A decision that becomes a political minefield. By exposing the locals to cutting-edge literature of the day such as Nabokov’s 'Lolita' and Ray Bradbury’s 'Fahrenheit 451', she sows the seeds of an awakening in the conservative town.
Official Selection Berlinale 2018 - Berlinale Special Gala

Details

Year: 2017
Type of project: Features
Running time: 113 mins
Director: Isabel Coixet
Producer: Chris Curling, Jaume Banacolocha, Joan Bas, Adolfo Blanco
Co-Producer: Sol Bondy, Jamila Wenske
Executive Producer: Manuel Monzón, Paz Recolons, Fernando Riera, Albert Sagalés
Editor: Bernat Aragonés
Screenwriter: Isabel Coixet (script), Penelope Fitzgerald (novel)
Director of Photography: Jean-Claude Larrieu
Production Designer: Llorenç Miquel
Sound: Albert Gay
Composer: Alfonso de Vilallonga
Principal cast: Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, Bill Nighy, Frances Barber

Genre

Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Spain, UK coproduction

A Diagonal TV (ES), A Contracorriente Films (ES), Zephyr Films (UK) production. Co-produced with One Two Films (DE), Green Films (ES) and with the support and participation of ICAA (ES), ICEC (ES), TVE (ES), Movistar+ (ES), Natixis Coficine (FR) and Northern Ireland Screen (UK)

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Sales Company

Celsius Entertainment

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