On Chesil Beach

On Chesil Beach

Original title: On Chesil Beach
Director: Dominic Cooke
Screenplay: Ian McEwan
Director of Photography: Sean Bobbitt
Editor: Nick Fenton
Music: Dan Jones
Country: United Kingdom
Year of production: 2017
Length (min): 110
Language: English
Subtitles: Czech
Sales: The Festival Agency
Section: Central Park

This sensitive drama focuses on a young couple on their honeymoon in early 1960s. But in the hotel with a view of the beach, the newlyweds realize they're far from ready for their wedding night. With humor and sadness, the film reveals how deeply the norms and expectations of an era are imprinted on the young generation. The renowned British writer Ian McEwan adapted his own novel into the screenplay.

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