5/12/2023 0 Comments On chesil beach review book![]() ![]() Tempers fray when an awkward attempt by Edwards to consummate his marriage with his new wife, is met with utter disgust and anger by the usually calm and collected Florence. As they politely interact with one another before sitting down for a formal dinner, it soon transpires that all isn’t well in the young couple’s relationship. It’s the summer of 1962 and Florence Ponting (Saoirse Ronan) and Edward Mayhew (Billy Howle) are newly married and about to spend their first honeymoon night together in a small hotel on Chesil Beach, Dorset. ![]() Adapted from McEwan’s book of the same name, and from a screenplay by the author himself, Dominic Cooke’s latest feature film On Chesil Beach brilliantly conveys all of those repressed feelings and more in this compelling yet flawed adaptation. His deeply flawed and achingly complex protagonists not only make for an interesting study in repressed emotion, heartache and missed opportunities, but they also manage to install a feeling of visceral awkwardness in his readers. Nobody does “stiff upper lip” and awkward conversations as expertly as writer Ian McEwan. ![]()
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