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On Chesil Beach

On Chesil Beach

2018 · 110 min · EN · R · 6.1 (398 votes)
Dir. Dominic Cooke · Starring Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Anne-Marie Duff, Adrian Scarborough, Emily Watson, Samuel West · Music Dan Jones

“A different time. A different love.”

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In 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.

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A tender, yet agonizingly awkward, look at a young couple's fractured honeymoon. It's a quiet, devastating exploration of missed connections and the crushing weight of unspoken expectations in a rapidly changing world.

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