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A young Irish woman, Eilis, embarks on a bittersweet journey to Brooklyn, embracing new beginnings despite her fears.
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A young Irish woman, Eilis, embarks on a bittersweet journey to Brooklyn, embracing new beginnings despite her fears.
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In a small town in the south-east of Ireland in the 1950s, Eilis Lacey is one among many of her generation who cannot find work at home. So when a job is offered in America, it is clear that she must go. Leaving her family and home, Eilis sets off to forge a new life for herself in Brooklyn. Young, homesick and alone, she gradually buries the pain of parting beneath the rhythms of a new life - days at the till in a large department store, night classes in Brooklyn College and Friday evenings on ...
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Minor references to romantic relationships; no explicit scenes depicted.
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Minor references to Irish Catholic background in character context.
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Minor themes of immigration and cultural adaptation.
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