On Chesil Beach

About On Chesil Beach

In 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.

On Chesil Beach (2018) is a romance film directed by Dominic Cooke. It runs 110 minutes and was released in January 2018.

The film is filed under sexual abuse, newlywed, honeymoon, and sexual revolution. The story is adapted from a novel.

Saoirse Ronan appears as Florence Ponting, Billy Howle as Edward Mayhew, Anne-Marie Duff as Marjorie Mayhew, and Adrian Scarborough as Lionel Mayhew. The screenplay is by Ian McEwan. In the United States it streams on JustWatch TV Plus, Netflix, and Netflix Standard with Ads.

Once Upon a Time in America, Sleepers, and Eileen make useful companions to On Chesil Beach, all filed under 1960s. TMDB voters put it at 6.1 out of 10 across 399 votes and it carries a R rating.