Empire
of Light 2022
- Director: Sam Mendes
- Cast: Olivia Coleman, Michael Ward,
Colin Firth, Tobey Jones, Tom Brook
- Why? Recommended by LH
- Seen: 1 December 2025
Hilary (Coleman) works in a cinema in 1981. She is
under a psychiatrist’s care for mental illness. Her married boss (Firth) ‘invites’
her often to his office.
Stephen (Ward) is a new ticket taker, a
good-looking, affable young man, a victim of racism and the Thatcher era.
They become friends, then lovers. But they live in
different worlds. And she’s mentally ill.
It’s a sad film, but also tender, filled with
friendship and love. And hate, in Thatcher’s racist England.
Coleman is, as always, phenomenal.
4* of 5
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