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Brooklyn (2015)

★ 7.3 · 3,251 ratings on TMDB

Two countries, two loves, one heart

Brooklyn poster★ 7.3

In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.

DirectorJohn Crowley
CastBrid Brennan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Eve Macklin, Fiona Glascott, Jane Brennan
GenresDrama, History, Romance
The emergence reading

Brooklyn keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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