The Guernsey Book Club Cast

2h 3m movies based on books.

The guernsey book club cast. The screenplay is based on the 2008 novel of the same name written by mary ann shaffer and annie barrows. Sidney enjoys visiting juliet on guernsey island. With jessica brown findlay tom courtenay michiel huisman katherine parkinson.

Sidney wants juliet to write the book on guernsey and inspires her to center it around elizabeth mckenna. However like the other islanders juliet cannot take adelaide s excessive and unwarranted accusations of immorality seriously. Isola is a member of the book club and sees juliet as a true friend.

The book is set in 1946 and is an epistolary novel composed of letters written from one character to another. Lily james michiel huisman penelope wilton. An overly conservative middle aged islander who detests both the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society and elizabeth mckenna.

It was turned into a movie in 2018 featuring lily james as juliet ashton. She warns juliet of the society s frivolous and detestable nature. Directed by mike newell.

He likes the society members. In the aftermath of world war ii a writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of guernsey island when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war. The film stars lily james michiel huisman glen powell jessica brown findlay katherine parkinson matthew goode tom courtenay and penelope wilton.

Juliet lily james a charismatic and free spirited writer receives a letter from a member of a mysterious literary club started in nazi occupied guernsey. Her curiosity piqued juliet decides to. Tom courtenay as eben ramsey the actor has been working since the 1950s in projects like doctor zhivago and the loneliness of the long distance runner.