‘On Chesil Beach’ marks a cinematic return for Ian McEwan 10 years after ‘Atonement’

Hollywood being what it is, and authors being who they are, film productions don’t tend to involve many novelists.

They’re rarely granted the chance to adapt their own screenplays; they make it to movie sets even less frequently.

So it was strange for Ian McEwan to find himself on a London soundstage…