Drama /

Score: 64.9%( 439 votes )

Overview: Set 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.

Cast:

Emily Mortimer
Florence Green

Bill Nighy
Mr. Brundish

Patricia Clarkson
Violet Gamart

James Lance
Milo North

Hunter Tremayne
Mr. Keble

Honor Kneafsey
Christine

Frances Barber
Jessie Welford

Reg Wilson
General Gamart

Michael Fitzgerald
Mr. Raven

Nigel O'Neill
Mr. Deben

Jorge Suquet
Mr. Thornton

Lana O'Kell
Ivy Welford

Adie Allen
Mrs. Traill

Mary O'Driscoll
Mrs. Keble

Charlotte Vega
Kattie

Karen Ardiff
Mrs. Deben

Barry Barnes
Inspector Sheppard

Richard Felix
William

Francesca McGill
Adult Christine

Lucy Tillett
Mrs. Gipping

Julie Christie
Narrator

Robert Forcadell
Bookshop Client

Lucy Beckwith
Guest one

Harvey Bennett
Wally

Gary Piquer
Theodore Gill

Alfie Rowland
Thief

Nick Devlin
Harold