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Brooklyn

Ireland, early 1950s. Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) is a young woman working in a grocery shop. She has greater ambitions and moves to Brooklyn, New York, leaving her mother and sister, Rose (Fiona Glascott), behind. She is terribly homesick but eventually settles down, finding a job, studying to be a bookkeeper and meeting a nice young Italian man, Tony Fiorello (Emory Cohen). Things are going well, but then she learns that Rose has died, and decides to return to Ireland, temporarily. She and Tony hastily get married, and then she sets off back to Ireland, alone. Life is about to get complicated. Use this page to compare cast context, genre fit (Drama, Romance), release year 2015, and whether this film matches tonight's mood.

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Story of Brooklyn

Ireland, early 1950s. Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) is a young woman working in a grocery shop. She has greater ambitions and moves to Brooklyn, New York, leaving her mother and sister, Rose (Fiona Glascott), behind. She is terribly homesick but eventually settles down, finding a job, studying to be a bookkeeper and meeting a nice young Italian man, Tony Fiorello (Emory Cohen). Things are going well, but then she learns that Rose has died, and decides to return to Ireland, temporarily. She and Tony hastily get married, and then she sets off back to Ireland, alone. Life is about to get complicated.

Use this page to compare cast context, genre fit (Drama, Romance), release year 2015, and whether this film matches tonight's mood.

Title facts

  • Type Movie
  • Release year 2015
  • Released 25 Nov 2015
  • Runtime 117 minutes
  • Content rating PG-13
  • IMDb rating IMDb 7.5/10 from 157,845 votes
  • Metascore 88/100
  • Genres Drama, Romance
  • Languages English, Latin, Irish Gaelic
  • Countries Ireland, United Kingdom, Canada, United States

Cast

Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson

Direction and writing

Directed by: John Crowley

Written by: Nick Hornby, Colm Tóibín

Awards and recognition

Nominated for 3 Oscars. 38 wins & 161 nominations total

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