Airdate: Empire of Light

UK feature film Empire of Light, directed by Sam Mendes will screen on Disney+ next week.

The film stars Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Toby Jones, and Academy Award winner Colin Firth.

Set in and around a faded old cinema in an English coastal town in the early 1980s, “Empire of Light” 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.

Wednesday April 19 on Disney+