The Bookshop
“A town without a bookshop is no town at all.”
Set in a small English town in 1959, a woman decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield.
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Cast
27 people
Emily Mortimer
Florence Green
Known for
Shutter Island
Cars 2
Bill Nighy
Mr. Brundish
Known for
About Time
Castlevania
Patricia Clarkson
Violet Gamart
Known for
Shutter Island
Sharp Objects
James Lance
Milo North
Known for
Ted Lasso
Bronson
Hunter Tremayne
Mr. Keble
Known for
Paradise Hills
Little Tito and the Aliens
Honor Kneafsey
Christine
Known for
Wolfwalkers
Sherlock
Frances Barber
Jessie Welford
Known for
Great Expectations
A Zed & Two Noughts
Reg Wilson
General Gamart
Known for
The Vault
Darkness
Michael Fitzgerald
Mr. Raven
Known for
Intimacy
Edge of Darkness
Nigel O'Neill
Mr. Deben
Known for
Bad Day for the Cut
Boys from County Hell
Jorge Suquet
Mr. Thornton
Known for
Elite
The Night Manager
Lana O'Kell
Ivy Welford
Also in
Off-Piste
Isabel Coixet Director · Penelope Fitzgerald Author Alfonso Vilallonga Composer
Worldwide gross $12M · Budget $5.4M · United States release August 24, 2018
Box office
Budget
$5,400,000
Worldwide gross
$12,055,868
Gross vs. budget
2.2×
Production
Zephyr Films
Production
A Contracorriente Films
Production
Diagonal TV
Production
Germany · Spain · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Italian
Release dates
Spain · November 10, 2017
Theatrical
United States · August 24, 2018
Theatrical
Austria
May 18, 2018 · Digital
Brazil
March 22, 2018 · Theatrical
Canada
September 14, 2018 · Theatrical
Czechia
July 18, 2019 · Theatrical
Denmark
June 6, 2019 · Theatrical
France
December 19, 2018 · Theatrical
Germany
May 10, 2018 · Theatrical
Greece
July 19, 2018 · Theatrical
Hungary
August 30, 2018 · Theatrical
Ireland
February 25, 2018 · Digital
Israel
June 21, 2018 · Theatrical
Italy
September 27, 2018 · Theatrical
Japan
March 9, 2019 · Digital
Netherlands
November 10, 2017 · Premiere
Portugal
November 10, 2017 · Limited theatrical
Russia
September 27, 2018 · Theatrical
Slovakia
September 19, 2019 · Theatrical
South Korea
June 24, 2021 · Theatrical
Switzerland
May 17, 2018 · Digital
United Kingdom
June 29, 2018 · Theatrical
October 22, 2018 · Physical
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