Empire of Light

Empire of Light

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Release Date

12/9/2022

Runtime

115 mins

Overview

The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$13,500,000

Revenue

$11,395,604

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A quietly moving portrait of two damaged people finding solace in each other against the backdrop of 1980s England and a crumbling cinema. It's a film about small moments of connection glowing amid grey, everyday struggle.

Mood

MelancholicBittersweetHopeful

Themes

LoveRaceIsolationArt and creation

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticPainterly

Structure

Two-hander

Heads up

Racial violence

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