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Brooklyn sees Saoirse Ronan take the lead in as Eilis, a young woman who must make the difficult choices that will define the rest of her life. Ms Ronan is also taking the lead amongst a clutch of BAFTA and Oscar nominations.
Extras on this forthcoming release include Deleted Scenes, Interviews and a Featurette.
Nick Hornby adapts Colm Tóibín‘s novel about Eilis who movies small town Ireland to Brooklyn, where she has the opportunity for work, for a future – and love, in the form of Italian-American, Tony (Emory Cohen – The Gambler, The Place Beyond The Pines). When a family tragedy forces her to return to Ireland, she finds herself drawn back into the life she left behind. As a secret threatens to reveal itself, Eilis has to confront a terrible dilemma – a heart-breaking choice between two men and two countries.
2016 BAFTA Best Supporting Actress nominee Julie Walters (Mamma Mia, Harry Potter franchise), Academy Award® Winner Jim Broadbent (TV’s London Spy, The Go-Between, The Lady in the Van, Iris), and Domhnall Gleeson (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Revenant) also star in this beautifully told story.
Surprisingly funny and yet deeply moving, Brooklyn is about the meaning of ‘home’ and the intricacies of the human heart and is an emotional tour de force that has already garnered plenty of awards attention including Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nods, five British Independent Film Award nominations and a Best Actress Award for Ronan from the New York Critics’ Circle.
As noted, the film is now also fresh from receiving three Oscar nominations for Best Film, Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. Add to that those BAFTA nods for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Outstanding British Film, Adapted Screenplay along with nominations for Make-up & Hair and Costume Design and this is firmly cemented as the year’s first essential home entertainment title as awards season gets into full swing.
Brooklyn is due out on February 29th on Blu-ray and DVD. Click on the packshot for the full-size image and check out the trailer below.
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