In a future not too far off from our own, books are a distant memory and even e-readers have fallen out of vogue. But when a young boy's bright and noisy entertainment system fails in the short film The Last Bookshop, he discovers a quiet haven for stories and the man who loves them.
As a work of science fiction, The Last Bookshop has some problems; notably, commerce still seems to exist, but in a way that somehow makes currency difficult to comprehend. But it is still lovely as a fable and as an exploration of mortality from the perspective of a man who views his life—and legacy—in terms of his love for books.
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Richard Dadd and Dan Fryer directed this film for The Bakery, and it was filmed in various bookstores in Kent and London.