John Crowley’s film ‘Brooklyn’ starring Saoirse Ronan first premiered at Sundance last January. Fox Searchlight paid $9 million, after also acquiring ‘Me And Earl And The Dying Girl’.

Scripted by Nick Hornby, ‘Brooklyn’ takes place in 1950s Ireland where a young woman known as Eilis Lacey played by Saoirse Ronan uproots herself and heads to Brooklyn, following her dreams of forging a new life in America. A love affair and introduction to a family of Italian immigrants showcases the bigoted attitudes of most immigrants in America, as they try to protect family structures and traditions in a new land promising assimilation and solidarity around melting-pot values and identity.

Family tragedy brings Eilis back to Ireland, where she is forced to confront a terrible dilemma. She must make a heartbreaking choice between two men, two countries and her own identity.

Note that in real life, Saoirse Ronan made the opposite move. The actor was born in New York City to Irish parents Monica Ronan and Paul Ronan, an actor. When Saoirse was three, her family moved to Ireland, where she grew up in its County Carlow.

The release date for ‘Brooklyn’ is November 6, 2015

‘Brooklyn’: Sundance Review The Hollywood Reporter

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