![]() ![]() Hilary accompanies him to the hospital, where she meets Stephen's mother.Īs Stephen recuperates, Hilary initially stays away. When they see Stephen, they break in and assault him. During her welcome-back party, a skinhead crowd marches past the theatre. Stephen advises her to see a movie at the cinema, something she has never done. Hilary is released from the hospital and returns to work. He runs into Ruby at the cinema, and they start dating again. Weeks later, back at the theatre, Donald has been replaced and Stephen begins training with Norman, the cinema's projectionist. (He watches while hiding in the next room.) While Stephen is at her flat checking on her, mental-health authorities break down her door and take her to be re-institutionalised. At the premiere, a manic Hilary gets on stage and delivers an agitated speech before informing Donald's wife about their affair. Donald informs the workers that the cinema has been chosen for the regional premier of Chariots of Fire. He tells Hilary it would be best if they end their sexual affair. Neil, a colleague, discovers their relationship and warns Stephen of Hilary's mental health. When Stephen asks about her past, she goes on an agitated rant about men and angrily destroys a sand castle they had been building. Hilary and Stephen go to the beach, where Stephen tells her about his first love, Ruby, who works at the same hospital as his mother. Hilary sees Stephen being harassed by a group of skinheads on the street and later deal with a racist customer and Stephen confides in her about the racism he faces. ![]() Hilary cuts off Donald and, happy about the new relationship, stops taking her medication. The two of them begin a sexual relationship. While watching New Year's Eve fireworks from the cinema roof, Hilary impulsively kisses Stephen. Hilary becomes jealous when Stephen begins hanging out with Janine, a younger employee. Hilary is taken with the handsome and charming Stephen, and the two bond when she shows him the cinema's beautiful but disused upper floor. New employee Stephen, who is Black British and lives with his mother Delia, a nurse, starts his new job at the cinema. Hilary struggles with bipolar disorder, lives alone, has been prescribed lithium by her GP, and is having extramarital sex with her boss Donald Ellis. ![]() In 1980 Hilary Small works as a duty manager at the "Empire Cinema", Margate, on the north coast of the English county of Kent. It also received a nomination for Best Cinematography at the 95th Academy Awards. At the 80th Golden Globe Awards, the film was nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for Colman, while Ward received a nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 76th British Academy Film Awards. Empire of Light received praise for Colman and Ward's performances and Roger Deakins's cinematography, but the screenplay was criticised. The film had its world premiere at the 49th Telluride Film Festival on 3 September 2022, and was released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures through a limited theatrical release in the United States on 9 December 2022 and theatrically in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2023. It stars Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Monica Dolan, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, Toby Jones, and Colin Firth. Set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s, the film is about the power of human connection during turbulent times. Empire of Light is a 2022 romantic drama film directed, written, and co-produced by Sam Mendes. ![]()
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