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The Bookshop
2017Age guide: 7+
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See it on the shelfSet 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.
★ 6.5/10 · 476 TMDB audience ratings
Starring
Emily MortimerFlorence Green
Bill NighyMr. Brundish
Patricia ClarksonViolet Gamart
James LanceMilo North
Hunter TremayneMr. Keble
Honor KneafseyChristine
Frances BarberJessie Welford
Reg WilsonGeneral Gamart
