As the adaptation of Colm Tóibín's award-winning novel Brooklyn is set to be released, we've been invited to talk to the writer himself, and actress Saoirse Ronan (The Host, Atonement, Grand Budapest Hotel, The Lovely Bones) who plays Eilis Lacey.
Set in 1950s Ireland and Brooklyn, the film follows Eilis who, sponsored by the kindly Father Flood, leaves behind her mother and sister and travels across the sea to a new life in America. Eilis gets a job at a glamorous department store and through a sweet young plumber called Tony she has all kinds of new experiences: the Yankees, Coney Island, proper spaghetti sauce…and love. But when a tragedy in the family forces her to return to Ireland, she finds herself torn between her old life and the new one waiting for her back in Brooklyn.
Adapted for the big screen by Nick Hornby and starring Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters, it's a must-see film for this autumn and has already been tipped for possible Oscar nominations (rightly so, we think - we've seen it!).
If you have any questions that you'd like us to ask either Saoirse or Colm, please add them below by tomorrow morning and we'll post the video responses on the thread.
