On Chesil Beach

1962, in England. Florence and Edward, nervous and frightened newlyweds, spend their first night together. A crucial night for their future. 1962. In an England corseted by stifling social conventions, Florence and Edward, in their early twenties, have just married. As inexperienced as they are, they spend their first night together in a stilted hotel under the mocking eye of the staff. Totally paralyzed at the thought of making the slightest mistake, they both remember their meeting. Florence, a brilliant violinist raised in a wealthy and conservative family, had fallen in love with Edward, an aspiring writer from a more modest background.

Keywords

  • Best Novels Adaptation (home)
  • British Cinema
  • Just released
  • debut
  • relationship

Actors

  • Anne-Marie Duff
  • Bronte Carmichael
  • Adrian Scarborough
  • Terenia Edwards
  • Jonjo O'Neill
  • Saoirse Ronan
  • David Olawale Ayinde
  • Emily Watson
  • Bebe Cave
  • Billy Howle
  • Nadia Townsend
  • Philip Labey
  • Samuel West

Director

  • Dominic Cooke

Drama


1h 50min


-12

EN


NL

United Kingdom
2017
1962, in England. Florence and Edward, nervous and frightened newlyweds, spend their first night together. A crucial night for their future.

1962, in England. Florence and Edward, nervous and frightened newlyweds, spend their first night together. A crucial night for their future.


1962. In an England corseted by stifling social conventions, Florence and Edward, in their early twenties, have just married. As inexperienced as they are, they spend their first night together in a stilted hotel under the mocking eye of the staff. Totally paralyzed at the thought of making the slightest mistake, they both remember their meeting. Florence, a brilliant violinist raised in a wealthy and conservative family, had fallen in love with Edward, an aspiring writer from a more modest background.

Cast & Crew