Posted in: 2023, Drama, Movies
on: March 24
Margate, 1981. Hard times for Great Britain, plunged into recession and shaken by endemic racism. Cinema is the only way out. Towering like a beacon along the English coast, the Empire shines with a thousand lights and points the way for willing spectators. Forced to close two of its four screens, this stately cinema in decline is run by Mr. Ellis, elegant only in the title. The soul of her business is Hilary, a conscientious secretary, dedicated to her profession and attentive to her ’employees’, directed like a family. She broke out of a nervous breakdown, she is slowly returning to life. Hilary navigates between projections, which she never attends due to excess of zeal, and a toxic relationship with Ellis, who ‘abuses’ her unhappiness for her. But to change things comes Stephen, a young black boy who immediately empathizes with Hilary. With blows of detached tickets, Hilary and Stephen approach each other, tenderly, passionately...
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