---
title: 'On Chesil Beach (2017)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Dominic Cooke'
released: '2017-09-07'
runtime_minutes: 105
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/on-chesil-beach-2017'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1667321/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# On Chesil Beach (2017)

2017 · R · 105 min · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

On Chesil Beach is a 2017 British drama film directed by Dominic Cooke and written by Ian McEwan, who adapted his own 2007 Booker Prize-nominated novella of the same name. It stars Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle and tells the story of virgins, Florence and Edward, and their first disastrous attempt at having sex on their wedding night. The initial experience and their differing responses to the failure have lifelong consequences for both.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Dominic Cooke](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominic-cooke)
- **Screenplay:** [Ian McEwan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-mcewan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dan Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-jones)
- **Producer:** [Stephen Woolley](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-woolley), [Elizabeth Karlsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-karlsen)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sean Bobbitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-bobbitt)
- **Editor:** [Nick Fenton](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-fenton)

## Cast

- [Emily Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/emily-watson)
- [Billy Howle](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-howle)
- [Adrian Scarborough](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrian-scarborough)
- [Samuel West](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-west)
- [Anne-Marie Duff](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-marie-duff)
- [Anton Lesser](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-lesser)
- [Saoirse Ronan](https://cinepixo.com/people/saoirse-ronan)

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Official site: https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/onchesilbeach
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/on-chesil-beach-2017
Film facts: Wikidata (Q27959336); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.