The Sunday, Sept. 15 matinee at 2 p.m. of the popular new film “It Ends With Us” (PG13; 2 hours, 10 minutes) adapted from Coleen Hoover’s romantic novel will include a special opportunity to delve into the story’s underlying issues of domestic abuse. Following the film, the audience is invited to participate in a conversation with domestic abuse survivors from Finding Our Voices.

The nonprofit Finding Our Voices is run by Maine women survivors boldly breaking the silence, stigma, and isolation of domestic abuse and providing support to empower their sister survivors to cross over to the bright side of safety and freedom. This special film event follows a Finding Our Voices public forum at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens on Wednesday Sept. 11 at 2:30 p.m. This Boothbay event comes with free admission to the gardens. For more information about Finding Our Voices including its complete Fall event schedule visit https://findingourvoices.net

“It Ends With Us” tells the compelling story of Lily Bloom (Blake Lively), a woman who overcomes a traumatic childhood to embark on a new life in Boston and chase a lifelong dream of opening her own business. A chance meeting with charming neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid (Justin Baldoni) sparks an intense connection, but as the two fall deeply in love, Lily begins to see sides of Ryle that remind her of her parents’ relationship. When Lily’s first love, Atlas Corrigan (Brandon Sklenar), suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with Ryle is upended, and Lily realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future.

“It Ends with Us” is a romance based on Colleen Hoover's steamy, hugely popular novel. The book has been criticized for glamorizing domestic violence, but the movie makes it quite clear that abuse is always unacceptable—and that smart, confident people can find themselves in an abusive relationship, and abusers don't have a certain "look" or come from a certain class.” Tara McNamara, Common Sense Media

Harbor Theater is showing “It Ends With Us” at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, Saturday, Sept. 14, and Thursday Sept. 19; and at 2 p.m. Sept. 15 and Wednesday Sept. 18 (OCAP – open caption screening). Tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for members and are available at the door. 

Harbor Theater is at 185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor. For more information about tickets and showtimes, visit boothbaycinema.org.