In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
Acting
Saoirse Ronan's face tells entire novels without dialogue.
Costume
That peach swimsuit alone deserves its own Oscar.
Writing
Nick Hornby adapted Colm Tóibín's novel with surgical precision.
Director
John Crowley
Saoirse Ronan
Eilis Lacey
Domhnall Gleeson
Jim Farrell
Emory Cohen
Tony Fiorello
Jim Broadbent
Father Flood
Julie Walters
Madge Kehoe
Jessica Paré
Miss Fortini
Eve Macklin
Diana Montini
Brid Brennan
Miss Kelly
Fiona Glascott
Rose Lacey
Jane Brennan
Mary Lacey
Nora-Jane Noone
Sheila Heffernan
Jenn Murray
Dolores Grace
Eva Birthistle
Georgina
Michael Zegen
Maurizio Fiorello
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Saoirse Ronan is actually Irish-American born in NYC—she's playing her own ancestral path in reverse.
The film's color palette deliberately shifts: Ireland is gray and cramped, Brooklyn opens into saturated golds and teals—visualizing Eilis's psychological expansion.
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