Eilis is hesitant but agrees, and they secretly marry at City Hall. He asks Eilis to marry him before she leaves. Tony shows her a plot of land on Long Island his family intends to develop and will include a house for them.
When her sister unexpectedly dies, Eilis tells Tony she must return home to help her mother. They begin dating, and she gradually adapts to living in New York as their romance becomes more serious and she meets his family. At an Irish dance, she meets Italian-American Tony Fiorello, an amiable plumber. Father Flood gets her enrolled in Brooklyn College bookkeeping classes, as Eilis wants to become an accountant. She has difficulty adjusting to her new life and her sister's letters makes her even more homesick. In New York, Eilis lives at a Brooklyn boarding house with other young Irish women. The woman in the bunk below her, an experienced traveler, gives her advice and support. Eilis suffers seasickness on the voyage and is locked out of the shared toilet by her cabin neighbors. Her sister writes to an Irish priest (Father Flood) in Brooklyn who arranges for her to travel to New York City. Eilis is uninterested in the local young men. She is unable to find full-time employment, and works weekends at a shop run by the spiteful Miss Kelly. In 1951, Eilis Lacey is a young woman from Enniscorthy, County Wexford, a small town in southeast Ireland, where she lives with her mother and sister, Rose. The film was ranked 48th on BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actress for Ronan, and Best Adapted Screenplay, and won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film.īrooklyn was also named one of the best films of 2015, featuring on more than 120 "Top 10" film critics' lists. Ronan's performance was highlighted by many critics, earning her several nominations for Best Actress, including a BAFTA, Critics' Choice, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award. The film received critical acclaim, with many praising its screenplay and direction. It was given a limited release by Mongrel Media in Toronto and Vancouver on 20 November 2015 before opening nationwide in Canada on 11 December.
It was theatrically released in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Lionsgate on 6 November 2015. It was later screened on 13 September 2015 at the Toronto International Film Festival during the Special Presentations section. It opened in limited release on 4 November 2015 in the United States and the United Kingdom on 6 November 2015. Additional filming took place on Coney Island.īrooklyn premiered on 26 January 2015 at the Sundance Film Festival. Filming began in April 2014 in Ireland where it lasted three weeks, until production was moved to Montreal, Quebec for a further four weeks. There she marries an Italian plumber called Tony, before being forced to choose between her home town of Enniscorthy or her new life in Brooklyn. Set in 1951, the plot follows Eilis Lacey, a young Irishwoman who emigrates to Brooklyn to find employment. The film stars Saoirse Ronan in the lead role, with Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, and Julie Walters in supporting roles. It is a co-production between the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada. Brooklyn is a 2015 romantic period drama film directed by John Crowley and written by Nick Hornby, based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Colm Tóibín.
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