Saoirse Ronan to Star in SWEETNESS IN THE BELLY, Based on Best-Selling Novel

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Saoirse Ronan will reteam with producers of BROOKLYN for a big screen adaptation of Camilla Gibb's best-selling novel SWEETNESS IN THE BELLY. Zeresenay "Zee" Berhane Mehari will direct from a screenplay by Laura Phillips.

Ronan, a two-time Oscar nominee, will portray Lilly, "who was orphaned in AFRICA as a child and experiences her parents' homeland of England for the first time as a refugee, escaping civil war. As lost in this cold new world as her fellow immigrants, Lilly becomes the heart of this disenfranchised community in London, attempting to reunite people with their scattered families. But as her friend Amina discovers, Lilly's mission isn't purely altruistic and a passionate lost love affair is revealed between Lilly and Aziz, an idealistic doctor."

Ronan made her Broadway debut in 2016 in a revival of Arthur Miller's THE CRUCIBLE. She received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her role in BROOKLYN.

Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter-Keddy

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