I wish that I could stop feeling that I want to be an Irish girl in Ireland.
When Eilis is given a chance to emigrate to New York she jumps at the chance for a better life, even if it means leaving her family and home. Desperately homesick at first, Eilis soon finds romance in Brooklyn, but when a family emergency forces her back to Ireland, she finds herself torn between her personal freedom and her family responsibilities.
Awards
- Nominated for 3 Academy Awards; Best Picture, Best Actress for Saoirse Ronan and Adapted Screenplay for Nick Hornby.
- Nominated for 6 BAFTAs; Outstanding British Film, Adapted Screenplay Nick Hornby, Leading Actress Saoirse Ronan, Supporting Actress Julie Walters, Costume Design Odile Dicks-Mireaux, Make Up & Hair Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn.
- Saoirse Ronan winner of the Best Actress award at the British Independent Film Awards and winner of the New York Film Critics Circle award for Best Actress; nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for Lead Female Actor; nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama. Winner of Best Picture at London's Evening Standard Film Awards.
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Starring:
Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Emily Bett Rickards, Jessica Paré
Director:
John Crowley
Producers:
Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
Screenplay:
Nick Hornby
Executive Producers:
Christine Langan, Thorsten Schumacher, Zygi Kamasa, Hussain Amarshi, Alan Moloney
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Credits summary:
±«Óãtv Films Telefilm Canada Bord Scannán Na héireann/The Irish Film Board Sodec and BFI present a Wildgaze Films Finola Dwyer Productions Parallel Films Item 7 co-production produced in association with Bun And Ham Productions Limited in association with BAI RTE and HanWay Films A Film by John Crowley
Certificate:
12A
Running time:
112 mins
Released:
6 November 2015
Out on DVD:
29 February 2016