Brooklyn follows Eilis Lacey, a young Irish woman who emigrates to 1950s New York, where she finds work, community, and unexpected love with an Italian-American man named Tony. When a family tragedy forces her to return to Ireland, she is torn between her old life and the new one she has built across the ocean. The film is a tender and beautifully crafted story about identity, home, and the courage required to choose your own path.
Crowley's tender period piece locates immigration's real ache in the impossible choice between the home you left and the home you're building.