Brooklyn Gets 3 Oscar Nominations Including Best Picture
BY. MIKE KROLAK
Brooklyn, directed by John Crowley, is a nominee for Best Picture. The film also received 2 other nominations: Actress in a Leading Role and Adapted Screenplay(writing).
In 1952, Eilis Lacey leaves Ireland to immigrate to Brooklyn, where she has a better chance of finding work. Crushed by homesickness, Eilis finds her spirits lifted by an Italian-American suitor with whom she falls in love. When she must return to Ireland, Eilis is courted by a hometown boy and finds herself torn between two countries and the two men who love her.