On Chesil Beach (2017)
- Directed by
- Dominic Cooke
- Genre
- drama film, melodrama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 389 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young newlywed couple in the 1960s struggle through their first night together. Their different expectations and fears about sex create a painful misunderstanding that changes their lives.
tenseawkwardmelancholicrestrainedvisually lushperiod pieceintimatebittersweet
What happens
On Chesil Beach is a 2017 British drama film directed by Dominic Cooke (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Ian McEwan, who adapted his own 2007 Booker Prize-nominated novella of the same name. It stars Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle and tells the story of virgins, Florence and Edward, and their first disastrous attempt at having sex on their wedding night. The initial experience and their differing responses to the failure have lifelong consequences for both. The film had its world premiere in the Special Presentations section at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2017, and was released in the United States and United Kingdom in May 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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