They used to say ‘home is where the heart is’, but what happens when a heart is split between two options? That’s the central premise of ‘Brooklyn’, an endlessly charming coming of age period drama which takes acclaimed best-seller of the same name to the big screen.
It tells the moving story of Eilis Lacey, a teenage girl sent to America by her sister hoping for a better life, sponsored by an also immigrant priest as she lands in the popular New York neighbourhood’s Irish community, buoyant during the 1950s. Once there, she will get a job as a department store assistant and begins taking night classes to become an accountant. After a few tough months struggling with homesickness and solitude, romance will knock on her door, setting a solid base for that promised brand new life. However, family circumstances prompt her to temporarily go back to her Irish small town, where all she left behind awaits and new opportunities to settle down would arise.
