Brooklyn

Dir. John Crowley, 2015, 117mins

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Colm Tóibín introduces a special screening of Brooklyn which he adapted (with Nick Hornby) from his celebrated novel.

One of the most successful Irish films of the past decade is well worth seeing again on the big screen. Éilís (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish immigrant, lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within. Featuring fine performances from then rising star Domhnall Gleeson and the perennial Bríd Brennan.

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