Hispanic Film Club Screening: La librería

The Manchester Central Library and the Instituto Cervantes Manchester present the Hispanic Film Club, launching with a special series that celebrates the richness and diversity of Spanish-language cinema. This programme shines a spotlight on powerful stories of resilience, identity, and humanity, all told through the lens of female directors.

Join us on this cinematic journey as we explore the voices and visions of contemporary Hispanic filmmakers.

Tenth screening: La librería [The Bookshop] by Isabel Coixet.

Synopsis:

Based on Penelope Fitzgerald´s novel of the same name; `The Bookshop´ is set in 1959, Florence Green, a free spirited widow, puts grief behind her and risks everything to open up a bookshop – the first such shop in the sleepy seaside town of Hardborough, England. Fighting damp, cold and considerable local apathy she struggles to establish herself but soon her fortunes change for the better. By exposing the narrow minded local townsfolk to the best literature of the day including Nabokov´s scandalising Lolita and Ray Bradbury´s Fahrenheit 451, she opens their eyes thereby causing a cultural awakening in a town which has not changed for centuries.

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Spain (2017), 115 min

PG

Director: Isabel Coixet

Screenwriter: Isabel Coixet

Music: Alfonso de Villalonga

Cinematography: Jean-Claude Larrieu

Cast: Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, Patricia Clarkson, Honor Kneafsey, James Lance...

Producer: Green Films, A Contracorriente Films, Diagonal Televisión, Zephyr Films, ONE TWO Films

La Biblioteca Central de Manchester y el Instituto Cervantes de Manchester presentan el Hispanic Film Club, que tiene como objetivo celebrar la riqueza del cine en español. Esta nueva serie pone el foco en historias de resiliencia, identidad y humanidad, contadas desde la mirada única de directoras españolas.

Acompáñanos en este viaje cinematográfico a través de las voces y visiones de cineastas contemporáneas del mundo hispano.

Décima proyección: La libería de Isabel Coixet.

Sinopsis:

Basada en la novela homónima de Penelope Fitzgerald. A finales de los años 50 Florence Green decide hacer realidad uno de sus mayores sueños: abandonar Londres y abrir una pequeña librería en un pueblo de la costa británica. Pero para su sorpresa, esta decisión desatará todo tipo de reacciones entre los habitantes de la localidad.

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España (2017), 115 min

PG

Dirección: Isabel Coixet

Guion: Isabel Coixet

Música: Alfonso de Villalonga

Fotografía: Jean-Claude Larrieu

Reparto: Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, Patricia Clarkson, Honor Kneafsey, James Lance...

Producción: Green Films, A Contracorriente Films, Diagonal Televisión, Zephyr Films, ONE TWO Films

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