Why did Christine start the fire at the bookshop?
At the close of the 2017 movie The Bookshop starring Emily Mortimer as Florence, Florence's young friend Christine starts a fire at the bookshop. As Florence departs forever onboard a boat, she looks up at the town and sees what Christine has done.
What are Christine's motives for doing this? What evidence does the movie give as to her motives?
Best Answer
This is a change from the book
Reviewer 'Old Yorker' helps us out here by explaining that Christine's arson attack on the bookshop is a change to the ending in the original novel.
The film ends not simply (as the book does) with Florence’s eviction and departure but with the physical destruction of the Old House.
The burning of the bookshop is a vengeful act against Violet
Violet has driven Florence out in order to pursue her own agenda for the coveted building. But young Christine, an ally of Florence, has been watching events unfold and intervenes vengefully.
In the early days of the shop, Christine Gipping (Honor Kneafsey), a young schoolgirl, used to help out there, not for the love of books but to earn money... Outraged at how Florence has been treated, Christine burns the site down and Violet Gamart’s dream of an arts centre also goes up in smoke.
Critics (certainly our friend Old Yorker) see problems with this ending
... The conflagration sits oddly, though, with the message and tone of the very ending of The Bookshop, in which the story’s voiceover narrator is revealed to be the middle-aged Christine (Francesca McGill): inspired by Florence’s example, the adolescent book-burner now runs … a bookshop.
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Is the bookshop a true story?
The quaint book store known in the film as The Travel Book Company was owned by Will, Hugh Grant's character, and it was actually based on a real Notting Hill book store.What happened in end of movie the bookshop?
Brundish visits Violet Gamart to protest her sustained attempts to thwart and oust Florence: he gets so worked up, he has a heart attack and dies on his way home to Nightmare Abbey. The film ends not simply (as the book does) with Florence's eviction and departure but with the physical destruction of the Old House.What happens in the movie the bookshop?
Set in a sleepy 1959 seaside port, young widow Florence Green (Emily Mortimer) arrives determined to overcome her grief and open a small bookshop. The town has never had a bookshop and most of the villagers don't like books anyway, except for the reclusive Mr Brundish (Bill Nighy) who reads everything he can.Is the bookshop sad?
It's a strange film: small, sad (without being tragic) and yet sweet without being syrupy. Narrated by Julie Christie \u2014 from the point of view of a third-person observer whose identity is only revealed at the very end \u2014 \u201cThe Bookshop\u201d doesn't lend itself to easy explication.Stephen King Reveals His Top Five Stephen King Stories
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