The Bookshop

A widowed shopkeeper opens a bookstore in 1959 England despite the village’s quiet sabotage. Her quiet defiance turns a quiet corner of Suffolk into a warzone of gossip and small acts of malice. A 142-minute masterclass in civil resistance taught by a cast of faces you already trust.

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Isabel Coixet directed The Bookshop in 2017. See Isabel Coixet's full filmography, where to start with Isabel Coixet, or where to go after you've seen everything by Isabel Coixet.

The Bookshop was released in 2017 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 110 minutes.