Nominated for Best Cinematography at The Academy Awards!
Set in an English seaside town in the early 1980s, EMPIRE OF LIGHT is a powerful and poignant story about human connection and the magic of cinema, from Academy Award®-winning director Sam Mendes.
"An engrossing, poignantly observed and beautifully acted drama about love, life and the fragile art of moviegoing" - Guardian
"Colman, her eyes darting between hope and devastation, is so lit-up and specific (and funny, a quality that doesn't seem to get mentioned enough) that she lifts nearly every scene." - Entertainment Weekly
"One of the year's most beautiful and underrated films. Olivia Colman and Michael Ward play employees of a once-grand movie theater who find an unexpected emotional connection." - Christopher Lloyd, The Wrap