

Empire of Light
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.
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6.6/10
653 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $13.5M
- Box office
- $11.4M
- Language
- English
- england
- love
- interracial relationship
- racism
- mental illness
- projectionist
- seaside town
- 1980s
- lost soul
- race relations
- movie theater
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United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereTelluride Film Festival3 Sept 2022
- TheatricalR9 Dec 2022
- Digital / OTTR7 Feb 2023
- TVRHBO18 Feb 2023
- PhysicalRBlu-ray / DVD21 Feb 2023
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival12 Oct 2022
- Theatrical159 Jan 2023
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMA 15+British Film Festival12 Nov 2022
- TheatricalMA 15+2 Mar 2023
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival12 Sept 2022
- Theatrical9 Dec 2022
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical (limited)189 Dec 2022
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1623 Feb 2023
- Digital / OTT16Star+26 Apr 2023
ChinaCN
- Digital / OTT1 Dec 2023
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-123 Mar 2023
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP1 Mar 2023
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1220 Apr 2023
GreeceGR
- TheatricalK152 Feb 2023
Hong KongHK
- TheatricalIIB2 Mar 2023
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Empire of Light was released on 9 December 2022.
Audience reviews
2- M6/10
Manuel São Bento
10/23/2022
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/empire-of-light-spoiler-free-review-lff-2022 "Empire of Light works best as a love letter to the art of filmmaking and the theater experience. Brilliant performances. Astonishing to behold. Emotional to listen to - score is the technical highlight. Not so captivating narratively, considering that Sam Mendes' first solo script lacks depth in the mo…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
2/10/2023
"Hilary" (Olivia Colman) is the shift leader at a grand old cinema living a routine life and largely just going through the motions each day. When the young "Stephen" (a strong and engaging performance from Micheal Ward) arrives, she takes him on a tour of the building and that takes them to the upper echelons of the building - now disused - where they discover an injured pigeon. They also discover something else, an…
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