Sam Mendes' Empire Of Light trailer offers a glimpse at Olivia Colman and Michael Ward's stirring performances
The ode to cinema opens in theaters nationwide on December 6

Searchlight Pictures shares the full trailer for Sam Mendes’ forthcoming love letter to cinema, Empire Of Light. It promises moving performances from stars Olivia Colman and Michael Ward, as they find themselves swept up in romance, hitting innumerable challenges along the way.
Colman stars in Empire Of Light as Hilary Small, a depressed, lonely woman who spends her time working at The Empire cinema. It’s there she not only meets a younger Black man named Stephen (Ward)—with whom she forms a romantic relationship—but falls in love with film as an art form. Her bond with Stephen also broadens her perspective on the ongoing racial issues in the small coastal community, as the film grapples with the 1981 Brixton Riots and the rise of the far-right fascist National Front party.