On Chesil Beach (2017) Directed by Dominic Cooke Starring Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Sam West, Emily Watson, Anne-Marie Duff, Adrian Scarborough and Bebe Cave. SYNOPSIS: It’s the early 1960s and newly-married couple, Florence and Edward, have arrived to spend their first night together at a hotel near Chesil Beach in Dorset. Their first attempt at […]
Exclusive Interview – Director Dominic Cooke talks On Chesil Beach and his next film Ironbark
Director Dominic Cooke made his name in the theatre, with much-praised stints at The Royal Court, The Royal Shakespeare Company and The National Theatre. TV’s award winning The Hollow Crown (2012) followed and he now arrives in cinemas with his first movie, On Chesil Beach, adapted from the novella by Ian McEwan. A self-confessed constant […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – On Chesil Beach (2017)
On Chesil Beach, 2017. Directed by Dominic Cooke. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Emily Watson, Anne-Marie Duff, Samuel West, Adrian Scarborough, and Bebe Cave. SYNOPSIS: Young newlyweds Edward and Florence arrive at their seaside hotel for their honeymoon in the 1960s, full of anticipation as to what married life has in store for them. As […]