Empire of light

Olivia Colman and Micheal Ward star in this romantic drama written and directed by Sam Mendes. In the early 1980s, Hilary (Colman), a duty manager at the Empire Cinema on the south coast of England, is struggling with her mental health and is having an affair with her married boss Donald (Colin Firth). When Stephen (Ward) starts working at the cinema, he and Hilary fall for each other, but as Hilary's mental health fluctuates, the constant racism Stephen suffers culminates in a violent assault.