The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the acclaimed new film “The Bookshop” — starring Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson and Bill Nighy.
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?
Based on Penelope Fitzgerald’s acclaimed novel and directed by Isabel Coixet, “The Bookshop” is an elegant yet incisive rendering of personal resolve, tested in the battle for the soul of a community.
“Enormously affecting!” — Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times
“Fascinating! Emily Mortimer plays the quietly heroic shop owner at the heart of this Penelope Fitzgerald adaptation.” — Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
“A celebration of books and book lovers in a world which has little place for either.” — Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent
“Gentle and charming! Who can resist a movie that reminds us that ‘no one over feels alone in a bookshop’?” — Moira Macdonald, The Seattle Times