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The Bookshop

Dear Mr. Thornton, a good book is the precious distillation of a master's spirit, embalmed...

Florence Green:

Dear Mr. Thornton, a good book is the precious distillation of a master's spirit, embalmed and preserved for the purpose of achieving a life beyond life, which is why it is undoubtedly a necessary commodity

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Dear Mr Thornton
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A good book is the precious distillation of a master spirit
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embalmed and preserved for the purpose of achieving a life beyond life
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which is why it is undoubtedly a necessary commodity
Duration
14 seconds
Views
443
Timestamp in Movie
00:59:12
Uploaded
Mar 15, 2022
Genres
drama
Production
Zephyr Films,A Contracorriente Films,Diagonal TV

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Movie Summary

England 1959. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.

Actors

Emily Mortimer
Florence Green
Emily Mortimer
Though I don't suppose they ever expected to be able to buy it here in Hardborough. - The Bookshop 00:05
Though I don't suppose they ever expected to be able to...
What they won't expect is to find two hundred and fifty copies. - The Bookshop 00:04
What they won't expect is to find two hundred and fifty...
FLORENCE: "Dear Mr. Thornton, - The Bookshop 00:35
FLORENCE: "Dear Mr. Thornton,
FLORENCE: "Dear Mr. Thornton, - The Bookshop 00:36
FLORENCE: "Dear Mr. Thornton,
It would be best to drop this matter, - The Bookshop 00:19
It would be best to drop this matter,
Do you have to just keep storming off like a...? - The Bookshop 00:04
Do you have to just keep storming off like a...?
MILO: Wait. Just be careful, otherwise you're gonna slip! - The Bookshop 00:04
MILO: Wait. Just be careful, otherwise you're gonna sli...
Oh! [LAUGHS] - The Bookshop 00:05
Oh! [LAUGHS]
Kattie wouldn't believe that there were any nice spots in Hardborough, - The Bookshop 00:08
Kattie wouldn't believe that there were any nice spots ...
Mrs Gamart was very kind - The Bookshop 00:14
Mrs Gamart was very kind
Milo didn't do you justice when he described you to me - The Bookshop 00:32
Milo didn't do you justice when he described you to me
I get the feeling that you work less and less every day. - The Bookshop 00:04
I get the feeling that you work less and less every day.
Don't forget the BBC is a Corporation, - The Bookshop 00:05
Don't forget the BBC is a Corporation,
Perhaps it's time we ought to tootle off back to our humble abode - The Bookshop 00:08
Perhaps it's time we ought to tootle off back to our hu...
Such a strange, dark word, don't you think? - The Bookshop 00:05
Such a strange, dark word, don't you think?
We met at a bookshop, actually. In London. - The Bookshop 00:04
We met at a bookshop, actually. In London.
We were in love from the first moment, - The Bookshop 00:06
We were in love from the first moment,
Pepys and George Eliot, and Thackeray... - The Bookshop 00:04
Pepys and George Eliot, and Thackeray...
"Never give a lady a restive horse". - The Bookshop 00:04
"Never give a lady a restive horse".
[BOTH CHUCKLE] - The Bookshop 00:05
[BOTH CHUCKLE]