The first feature from Rupert Goold, artistic director of
London's Almeida Theatre, the film owes a dramatic and stylistic debt to Capote, another
stage veteran's big - screen debut about the complicated relationship between a prisoner facing a murder rap and the writer looking to capitalize on his experiences.
The film is Brooklyn, directed by John Crowley, a
veteran of the
London stage who has slowly put together a filmography of disparate yet compelling human stories.