Directed by:
Sam MendesScreenplay:
Sam MendesCinematography:
Roger DeakinsCast:
Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Toby Jones, Colin Firth, Sara Stewart, Tanya Moodie, Tom Brooke, Crystal Clarke, Mark Ryan, Spike Leighton, Adrian McLoughlin (more)VOD (2)
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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 (Olivia Colman) a cinema manager struggling with her mental health, and Stephen (Micheal Ward), 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. (Disney / Buena Vista)
(more)Cast
![Olivia Colman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/974/163974988_fad952.jpg)
Olivia Colman
UK
Best movies:
The Father (2020)
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Micheal Ward
Best movies:
Small Axe (2020) (series)
Empire of Light (2022)
Bob Marley: One Love (2024)
![Toby Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/579/161579732_91b29d.jpg)
Toby Jones
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
![Colin Firth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/139/163139225_2e79db.png)
Colin Firth
UK
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
Love Actually (2003)
Conspiracy (2001) (TV movie)
![Sara Stewart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272178_143675.jpg)
Sara Stewart
UK
Best movies:
Batman Begins (2005)
Miracle Landing on the Hudson (2014) (TV movie)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Tanya Moodie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/280/164280139_f48c2b.jpg)
Tanya Moodie
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Prime Suspect 6 (2003) (TV movie)
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)
![Tom Brooke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276222_7418f0.jpg)
Tom Brooke
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
King Lear (2014) (theatrical recording)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
![Crystal Clarke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/083/165083739_aafa52.jpg)
Crystal Clarke
USA
Best movies:
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Woman in Gold (2015)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
![Mark Ryan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279674_213bdc.jpg)
Mark Ryan
UK
Best movies:
The Prestige (2006)
Robin Hood and the Sorcerer (1983) (TV movie)
Nuremberg (2000) (TV movie)
Spike Leighton
Best movies:
1917 (2019)
Empire of Light (2022)
Adrian McLoughlin
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Death of Stalin (2017)
Empire of Light (2022)
![Mark Field](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/663/161663746_8f1e08.jpg)
Mark Field
Best movies:
Empire of Light (2022)
Brideshead Revisited (2008)
Hannah Onslow
Best movies:
Empire of Light (2022)