Post by ScreenHead One on Nov 15, 2023 13:37:21 GMT -6
Empire of Light (2022)
6.6 Rating
115 min
A drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s.
A drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s.
In 1980 Hilary Small works as a duty manager at the "Empire Cinema", Margate, on the north coast of the English county of Kent. Hilary struggles with bipolar disorder, lives alone, has been prescribed lithium by her GP and is having extramarital sex with her boss Donald Ellis.
New employee Stephen, who lives with his mother Delia... starts his new job at the cinema. Hilary is taken with the handsome and charming Stephen and the two bond when she shows him the cinema's beautiful but disused upper floor.
New employee Stephen, who lives with his mother Delia... starts his new job at the cinema. Hilary is taken with the handsome and charming Stephen and the two bond when she shows him the cinema's beautiful but disused upper floor.
Country: United States, United Kingdom
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: Nov 5, 2022
Director: Sam Mendes
Production: Searchlight Pictures, Neal Street Productions
Cast:
Olivia Colman as Hilary Small, Micheal Ward as Stephen, Toby Jones as Norman, Colin Firth as Mr. Ellis, Tom Brooke as Neil, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, Sara Stewart, Adrian McLoughlin, Spike Leighton, Mark Field, Ashleigh Reynolds