From Academy Award®-winning director and writer Sam Mendes, and set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s, “Empire of Light” is a moving drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times.
Empire of Light
From Academy Award®-winning director and writer Sam Mendes, “Empire of Light” is a moving drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times. Set in and around a faded old cinema in an English coastal town in the early 1980s, it follows Hilary, a cinema manager struggling with her mental health, and Stephen, a new employee who longs to escape this provincial town in which he faces daily adversity. Both Hilary and Stephen find a sense of belonging through their unlikely and tender relationship, and come to experience the healing power of music, cinema, and community.