The Bookshop (film)

The Bookshop
UK release poster
Directed byIsabel Coixet
Written byIsabel Coixet
Based onThe Bookshop
by Penelope Fitzgerald
Produced by
  • Jaume Banacolocha
  • Joan Bas
  • Adolfo Blanco
  • Chris Curling
Starring
Narrated byJulie Christie
CinematographyJean-Claude Larrieu
Edited byBernat Aragones
Music byAlfonso Vilallonga
Production
companies
Distributed byCapelight Pictures (Germany)
A Contracorriente Films (Spain)
Vertigo Films (United Kingdom)
Release dates
  • 21 October 2017 (2017-10-21) (Valladolid)
  • 10 November 2017 (2017-11-10) (Spain)
  • 18 May 2018 (2018-05-18) (Germany)
  • 29 June 2018 (2018-06-29) (United Kingdom)
Running time
113 minutes
Countries
  • Germany
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.4 million
Box office$9.7 million[1]

The Bookshop is a 2017 drama film written and directed by Isabel Coixet, based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Penelope Fitzgerald,[2] in which the lead character attempts against opposition to open a bookshop in the coastal town of Hardborough, Suffolk (a thinly-disguised version of Southwold).[3] Shooting took place in Portaferry and Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland and in Barcelona during August and September 2016.

The film stars Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson and Bill Nighy.[4] It won three Goya Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

  1. ^ "The Bookshop (2018)". The Numbers. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  2. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (11 May 2016). "Isabel Coixet drama 'The Bookshop' readies for August shoot". Screen Daily. Screen International. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  3. ^ Christina Hardyment (21 July 2018). "Review: The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald". The Times. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  4. ^ Ritman, Alex (11 May 2016). "Cannes: Bill Nighy, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer Enter 'The Bookshop'". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 23 May 2017.