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Isabel Coixet
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Emily Mortimer,
Bill Nighy,
Patricia Clarkson
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At the end of the 1950's, Florence Green (Emily Mortimer), a free spirited widow, puts grief behind her and risks everything to open up a bookshop - the first such shop in the sleepy seaside town of Hardborough, England.
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Sally Potter
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Patricia Clarkson,
Kristin Scott Thomas,
Bruno Ganz,
Cherry Jones
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This brittle exposure of bourgeoisie malaise and middle-class entitlement owes a debt to a myriad of influences, amongst them Mike Leigh, Chekhov and classic British cinema of the 60s. Marking Sally Potter’s return to the screen – the Orlando director’s last film was 2012’s Ginger and Rosa – this is a lean affair, set almost in one room.