I was recently directed to a film that is likely to appeal only to bibliophiles, writers, and cinephiles. So, of course, I assumed that it was right up your alley as they say in oldtimey America.

Most booklovers that I know dream of someday owning their own bookshop. The Finnish film The Last Bookshop of the World (La Última Librería del Mundo), written and directed by filmmaker Rax Rinnekangas,  is a chronicle of a literary odyssey by four European friends, each speaking a different language (French, Finnish, German, Spanish) who set off in a book-filled van, traversing a barren landscape (the Basque desert region) to an isolated destination where they plan to fulfill a shared bookshop.

The Last Bookshop of the World seems to be available only through Kanopy, a digital film service for libraries and public universities, or the free streaming service  Tubi. It’s guaranteed to touch the heart of all who dream the bookstore dream.