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: British romantic comedy today.

by Colm Toibin, Brooklyn
follows a woman from Ireland
named Eilis Lacey (Saoirse
Ronan) as she learns American
culture in the United States
while remaining proud of her
Irish culture. Along the way,
she meets an Italian-American

: named Tony (Emory Cohen).
: The film is visually great,
: because it has beautiful shots of

New York City and Ireland.
The handheld camerawork

Abbey. Nick Hornby’s screenplay
has the type of dialogue that

The dinner scenes in the

: film are great, because they

: have unexpected responses.

: For example, Tony’s brother

: has a rant that talks about the
: Irish when Eilis has dinner

: with Tony’s family. Julie

: Walters (who stars in the new

: Masterpiece Classic show

: Indian Summers) is great as the

: landlady of the boarding house.
made the film look like Downton :
: this year’s VIFF Opening Gala,
: where director John Crowley

: was present for a Q-and-A.

: He discussed the casting and

: filming of Brooklyn.

Brooklyn was screened at

On casting Ronan to play

: Eilis, he said he was amazed
by her performance in her first
: film Atonement. On casting

: Cohen to play Tony, Crowley

: and his team found him when

: they did auditions for the role

: in the United States. Cohen is

: from Brooklyn, which adds to

: the authenticity. According to

: Crowley, Walters was inspired
: by her Irish father to play the

: landlady at Eilis’ boarding

: house. Jim Broadbent (who

: plays the priest that helps Eilis
: get to the United States) worked }
: with Crowley on Closed Circuit, a :
: film about the security cameras :
in London.

The film is an American-

: Canadian-British-Irish
: production. Although it was
: filmed on location in New York

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: City and Ireland, some of the

: interior scenes were filmed in
: Quebec. According to Crowley,
: the film cost $12-million to

: make, which is great for a low-
: budget film that looks like a

: big-budget film.

Crowley read the book that

: inspired the film for pleasure

before he received a phone call
to read Hornby’s screenplay of

: the film. Hornby’s wife is also
; one of the film’s producers.

Brooklyn opens in limited

: release this November.

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