The film Isabel Coixet (2017), shot by her in England on the autobiographical book of the English writer Penelope Fitzgerald "Bookshop", named for some reason in the Russian box office Bookshop / The Bookshop.
I watched several films with Isabelle Coixet, but I remember her primarily from the film The Secret Life of Words, which made
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The film Isabel Coixet (2017), shot by her in England on the autobiographical book of the English writer Penelope Fitzgerald "Bookshop", named for some reason in the Russian box office Bookshop / The Bookshop. I watched several films with Isabelle Coixet, but I remember her primarily from the film The Secret Life of Words, which made a strong impression on me once. This film is so calm, restrained, leisurely, although the story is told quite dramatic. The main character Florence Green (Emily Mortimer) comes to a small seaside town to fulfill her long-held dream - to open a bookstore in the so-called "old house". She has been a widow for 16 years, her only passion is reading books, she also met her husband at the bookstore where they worked together, together they lived a short but happy life. It seems that at first everything goes well, the store even causes interest, but this house had views of one local noble lady Violet Hamart (Patricia Clarkson), who intended for some reason to open a certain art center in it. In this town and a bookstore seemed too much, let alone some center of art. However, the lady had great connections, for Florence stood up only one local hermit, also a great bookkeeper Edmund Brandish (Bill Nighy), but for him it ended tragically. The lady manages to evict Florence, but due to some events, the idea of an arts center is unlikely to come true. And the girl who helped Florence in the store will grow up, open her bookstore and become a writer, because it is on her behalf that the narrative is conducted. I watched the film with interest, despite the absence of any outstanding events, it's just people's lives in which they face both good people and bad people. It is a very English film, although it was directed by a Spaniard, but she was able to quite reliably show both England and the English, using very modest means.
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