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The Bookshop
Summary: England 1959. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.
Release Date: August 24, 2018
Genre: Drama
Director:
Isabel Coixet
Runtime: 1 h 53 min
MPAA: PG
Production: Diagonal TV, A Contracorriente Films, Green Films, Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR), ARTE, Northern Ireland Screen, Radio Televisión Española (RTVE), Movistar+, Telecable, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA), Generalitat de Catalunya - Departament de Cultura, Natexis Coficiné, Crea SGR, Barcelona Film Commission, Invest Northern Ireland
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 5,400,000
Domestic: $ 1,588,150
International: $ 10,473,996
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| MPAA Certification | No MPAA rating found yet. Add Family Friendly Rating? |
IMDb Ratinghttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt3127022/parentalguidelast updated: 2024-10-26Update data | |
Commonsensemedia Ratinghttps://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-bookshoplast updated: 2024-10-26Update data | |
| Message | Promotes reading, importance of exchanging ideas and thoughts about literature, the power of bookstores to contribute to independent thought. It's also about standing up for what you believe even in the face of strong opposition. |
| Role model | Florence is determined, persevering, smart, caring, kind. She befriends, mentors Christine, doesn't back down when faced with the more powerful and well-connected Violet. Edmund is a loyal, intelligent supporter of the bookstore and of Florence personally. Christine is clever and brave. |
| Violence | A man keels over and dies abruptly, presumably of a heart attack. A widow tells how her husband died in the war. Someone purposely starts a fire that destroys a building, but no people are hurt. Arguing/yelling. |
| Sex | Romantic tension; one scene in which a man and a woman touch heads and nearly (but don't) kiss/embrace. |
| Language | A few rude/insult words, including "shut up," "little shrimp," "that harpy," "bloody time." |
| Drugs | Adults drink wine, champagne, and cocktails at a party. Brief shot of an adult smoking. |
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