Premiering at TIFF ’17, we get a fresh look at ON CHESIL BEACH starring It Girl Saoirse Ronan!
Synopsis:
ON CHESIL BEACH starring Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle is based on Ian McEwan’s novel. In England in 1962, 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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Elevation Pictures release ON CHESIL BEACH Friday, May 25, 2018.
(Photo/video credit: Elevation Pictures)
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
On Chesil Beach is a character study of young lovers, Florence (Saoirse Ronan) and Edward (Billy Howle), on their wedding night in 1962 England.
Ian McEwan does a superb job of adapting his minimal dialogue novel into a conversing script. He maneuvers characters’ inner commentary into new scenes with revealing colloquies, creating two complex characters. The incomparable Ronan is mesmerizing to watch as Florence. Ronan embodies both Florence’s comfortable leadership while playing the violin and her uncontrollable fear of consummating her marriage effortlessly. And Howle has a breakout performance as Edward, fluently expressing embarrassment, anger, happiness and love.
On Chesil Beach screens at TIFF on Sept. 7 at Winter Garden Theatre at 5 PM and Sept. 8 at TBLB1 at 12:45 PM.
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