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England,
1959. Free-spirited widow Florence Green (Emily Mortimer) risks
everything 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 (Patricia Clarkson) and the support
and affection of a reclusive book loving widower (Bill Nighy).
As Florence’s obstacles amass and bear suspicious signs of a local
power struggle, she is forced to ask: is there a place for a bookshop in
a town that may not want one?
Winner of Best Film, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay at the Goya Awards.
“Coixet has a lyrical sense of place, and she has made a
charming, well-acted adaptation that ably conjures visual pleasure out
of the written word…” – Ella Taylor, NPR