Brooklyn Ending, Explained
Brooklyn The Oscar - nominated romantic dramaBrooklyn , adapted from Colm Tóibín ’s book of the same name , has a moving and idea - provoking ending . Saoirse Ronan star in the 2015 film as Eilis Lacey , a new Irish woman who immigrate to Brooklyn in the fifties . While catch between two homes , Eilis find herself in a love triangle with Tony ( Emory Cohen ) , an Italian American pipe fitter in New York , and Jim ( Domhnall Gleeson ) , a well - off wooer back in her hometown of Enniscorthy ....