Brooklyn

Based On the book by Colm Tóibín

Brooklyn is a 2015 romantic period drama film directed by John Crowley and written by Nick Hornby, based on the 2009 novel by Colm Tóibín. It stars Saoirse Ronan in the lead role, with Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, and Julie Walters in supporting roles. The plot follows Eilis Lacey, a young Irish woman who migrates to Brooklyn in the early 1950s to find employment. After building a life there, she is drawn back to her home town of Enniscorthy and has to choose where she wants to forge her future.

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Release date:

January 21, 2016

Director:

John Crowley

Cast:

Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters

Genre:

Drama, Melodrama

Country:

United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland

Language:

English

Year page:

2015 in adaptations