BROOKLYN
Dir. John Crowley | UK, Ireland | 2015 | 112 mins
starring Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen

Eilis Lacey is a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of America, Eilis departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother’s home for the shores of New York City. The initial shackles of homesickness quickly diminish as a fresh romance sweeps Eilis into the intoxicating charm of love. But soon, her new vivacity is disrupted by her past, and she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.

Winner, Best Actress, British Independent Film Awards
Winner, Best Feature, Denver International Film Festival

★★★★★
‘Classily and classically crafted in the best sense by director John Crowley and screenwriter Nick Hornby, this superbly acted romantic drama is set in the early 1950s and provides the feeling of being lifted into a different world altogether, so transporting is the film’s sense of time and place and social mores.’ — Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter

★★★★★
‘The film serves as an authentic examination of the mid-twentieth-century immigrant experience — and an intimate exploration of one woman's attempt to understand who she is and where she wants to belong.’ — Nick Schager, Village Voice

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