Country: Ireland, UK, Canada
Year: 2015
Duration: 111'
In the 1950s, young Ellis emigrates from Ireland to the United States, leaving behind her mother and sister. After arriving in Brooklyn, she finds a room in a women’s boarding house and work in a department store. Despite her initial difficulties, and her homesickness for her family, Ellis falls in love with Tony, an Italian-American plumber, who in turn loves her. But when she receives the unexpected and devastating news that her sister has died, Ellis returns to Ireland, meets a possible new beau, Jim, and finds a new job. She is faced with the decision of whether to remain in her homeland or return to Brooklyn.
Biography
film director
John Crowley
John Crowley (Ireland) began his career as a theatrical director in Dublin, receiving numerous awards, before moving to London and collaborating with Donmar Warehouse. He debuted in TV directing in 2000 with the short Come and Go, which was followed in 2003 by the feature-length Intermission. In 2007, he curated the TV adaptation of the Harold Pinter drama Celebration and directed the dramatic movie Boy A, which won four BAFTA Awards and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in the Panorama section at the Berlin Film Festival. He next directed Is Anybody There? (2008), starring Michael Caine, and Closed Circuit (2013). Besides Brooklyn, in 2015 he also directed episodes 5 and 8 of the second season of True Detective.
FILMOGRAFIA
Come and Go (cm, tv, 2000), Intermission (2003), Celebration (tv, 2007), Boy A (2007), Is Anybody There? (2008), Closed Circuit (2013), Brooklyn (id., 2015), True Detective (2 ep., serie tv/tv series, 2015).
Declaration
film director
“As opposed to the head, the heart might be able to conceive of loving two people at the same time. Ellis’ choosing between two men also means choosing the kind of life she’d like to lead. But it’s hard for her to reconcile herself to the idea of ‘cauterizing’ a part of herself in order to choose. From an emotional point of view, it’s difficult, but she can’t help but look forward. In this love story there is a true strength that can be either destructive or liberating, depending on where it strikes.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
John Crowley
soggetto/story
dall’omonimo romanzo di/from the novel of the same title by Colm Tóibín
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Nick Hornby
fotografia/cinematography
Yves Bélanger
montaggio/film editing
Jake Roberts
scenografia/production design
François Séguin
costumi/costume design
Odile Dicks-Mireaux
musica/music
Michael Brook
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Saoirse Ronan (Ellis Lacey), Domhnall Gleeson (Jim Farrell), Emory Cohen (Tony Fiorello), Jim Broadbent (padre/father Flood), Julie Walters (Mrs Kehoe), Jessica Parè (Miss Fortini), Brid Brennan (Miss Kelly), Fiona Glascott (Rose Lacey), Nora-Jane Noone (Sheila), Michael Zegen (Maurizio)
produttori/producers
Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
produzione/production
Wildgaze Films
coproduttori/coproducers
Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin
coproduzione/coproduction
Parallel Film Productions, Item 7
distribuzione/distribution
Fox Searchlight
contatti/contacts
Fox Searchlight
Paolo Penza
paolo.penza@fox.com
www.20thfox.it
John Crowley
soggetto/story
dall’omonimo romanzo di/from the novel of the same title by Colm Tóibín
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Nick Hornby
fotografia/cinematography
Yves Bélanger
montaggio/film editing
Jake Roberts
scenografia/production design
François Séguin
costumi/costume design
Odile Dicks-Mireaux
musica/music
Michael Brook
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Saoirse Ronan (Ellis Lacey), Domhnall Gleeson (Jim Farrell), Emory Cohen (Tony Fiorello), Jim Broadbent (padre/father Flood), Julie Walters (Mrs Kehoe), Jessica Parè (Miss Fortini), Brid Brennan (Miss Kelly), Fiona Glascott (Rose Lacey), Nora-Jane Noone (Sheila), Michael Zegen (Maurizio)
produttori/producers
Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
produzione/production
Wildgaze Films
coproduttori/coproducers
Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin
coproduzione/coproduction
Parallel Film Productions, Item 7
distribuzione/distribution
Fox Searchlight
contatti/contacts
Fox Searchlight
Paolo Penza
paolo.penza@fox.com
www.20thfox.it
