0:01:33 > 0:01:36Miss Kelly, might I talk to you later?
0:01:36 > 0:01:37Not if what you're going to say
0:01:37 > 0:01:40will cause trouble for me in some way or another.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47BELL TOLLS
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Nine o'clock mass is over, girls.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59- Now.- Thank you.- One moment, please.- Excuse me.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01And some rashers and some cheese.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Mrs Brady, what would you like this morning?
0:02:06 > 0:02:08- Half a dozen rashers, please. - Of course.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Eilis will get that for you now.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13- I was next. - And you still are.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18- Yes?- I need some shoe polish.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Shoe polish? That's not really a Sunday item, now, is it?
0:02:21 > 0:02:24These people need things for their dinner or their tea.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Why couldn't you have remembered yesterday?
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Because it looks like you needed it yesterday.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31I'm sorry.
0:02:43 > 0:02:44Miss Kelly...
0:02:44 > 0:02:48I hadn't forgotten. Spit it out, whatever it is.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50I'm away to America.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Whose idea was that?
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Father Flood in New York arranged it.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Rose used to play golf with him.
0:02:59 > 0:03:00He sponsored me.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02And he found me a job and got me a visa.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Well, we won't be needing you back here.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- I could work every Sunday till I go. - No, thank you.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12- Your poor sister. - My sister?
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Well, mothers are always being left behind in this country.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17But Rose,
0:03:17 > 0:03:19that's the end for her now, isn't it?
0:03:19 > 0:03:23She'll be looking after your mother for the rest of her life.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39I wish I'd written to Father Flood about you, Rose.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Me? I have a job.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44You had a couple of hours on a Sunday working for Nettles Kelly.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46You shouldn't call her that.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48I think it's quite a kind name.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Considering she's actually a terrible old witch.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Well, I don't want to talk about her any more.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Good.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00They say it's hotter there in the summer and colder in the winter.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04What in heaven's name will she do about clothes?
0:04:04 > 0:04:05She'll buy them, Mother.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08She doesn't want to be wasting her money on clothes.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10She won't have much choice. She'll be there for...
0:04:24 > 0:04:26- You look beautiful, Nancy. - Thank you.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31You look so beautiful. It makes me despair of this place.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- Why?- Well, you're the prettiest girl in County Wexford.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36You should be able to choose any man you want
0:04:36 > 0:04:38and we're hoping that George Sheridan from the rugby club
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- looks your way. - Do you think he might?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Of course he will.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47I know you like him, Nancy, but he's not Gary Cooper, is he?
0:04:47 > 0:04:50And those boys with their hair oil and their blazers.
0:04:50 > 0:04:51- He has beautiful eyes.- Mmm...
0:04:51 > 0:04:55And he's going to come into a beautiful shop in the market square.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Why didn't you wear your blue dress?
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Are you asking why I didn't make more of an effort?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05I suppose cos I'm going away.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Mind, now.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09Come on.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40He's looked over here twice already.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41He hasn't!
0:05:43 > 0:05:44He's walking over here now.
0:05:44 > 0:05:45He's not!
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Why would I keep lying to you about what George Sheridan's doing?
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Would you like to dance?
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Is that really everything you own?
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Oh, Eilis.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47I should have looked after you better.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51You've bought most of the clothes in this case.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54That's one of the reasons I'm going, cos I can't buy my own.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57If it was just that, I'd spend every penny I had on you.
0:06:57 > 0:06:58Gladly.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01But I can't buy you a future.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04I can't buy you the kind of life you need.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06I know.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10But you'll come see me there one day?
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Yes.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- And you'll look after yourself? - You don't have to worry about me.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19And I'll come home to visit, won't I?
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Cos I couldn't bear it if...
0:07:23 > 0:07:26You haven't packed your shoes yet.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28They'll take up a bit of room.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37There.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Oh! I'm sorry.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Off.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Number one, bottom bunk, that's mine.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37You're on the top.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46This is hell. Never again.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Never again to America?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51The mistake was coming home from America in the first place.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55I'd do anything to get out of this horrible cabin.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56Let's go for a smoke.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58I don't.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Suit yourself. I'll see you later.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Unless I find a nice man in first to smoke with.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23It's good to see that not everybody's
0:10:23 > 0:10:25put off their dinner by the weather forecast.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28It's supposed to be a rough one tonight,
0:10:28 > 0:10:30so none of the other passengers are eating.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32A few spoonfuls of soup maybe, but not the mutton stew.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Please unlock it.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16- Go away! - RETCHING
0:11:28 > 0:11:31I'm sorry about the smell.
0:11:31 > 0:11:32And the bucket.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Don't worry. The whole boat stinks.
0:11:35 > 0:11:36Even first class.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38I've just been thrown out of there, by the way.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41The bathroom door was locked all night.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Oh, those bastards.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14There. Won't be very comfortable, but at least it's ours.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15KNOCKING
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Open the door. Open the door right now.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20If you'd been nice last night, we would have played fair.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22- Now you've got no toilet.- Get out of the bathroom.- You bastards.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23Go on, you can use it.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24I'm going to get us some water.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26That's all you're allowed.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Are you going to live in America?
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Yes.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38You have papers and everything?
0:12:38 > 0:12:39Yes.
0:12:39 > 0:12:40And a job.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42How'd you manage to arrange all that?
0:12:42 > 0:12:44I didn't. Someone did it for me.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46A priest my sister knows.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47And how do you feel about it?
0:12:52 > 0:12:55How long do letters from Ireland take to arrive?
0:12:55 > 0:12:57My sister Rose said she'd write straightaway.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59They take a long time at first.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02And then no time at all.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04You have family in America? Friends?
0:13:04 > 0:13:05No.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07You'll meet people easily enough.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08Where are you going to live?
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Brooklyn?
0:13:10 > 0:13:11How'd you know that?
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Lucky guess.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Try to remember that sometimes it's nice to talk to people
0:13:15 > 0:13:17who don't know your auntie.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19That's what it's like?
0:13:19 > 0:13:20That's what it's like.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28I haven't been sick for hours.
0:13:28 > 0:13:29Nice, isn't it?
0:13:30 > 0:13:32I'm very hungry.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34That's why you haven't been sick for hours.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36We'll eat tomorrow.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Or the day after.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Oh, dear. We're going to have to do something with you.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49They'll put you in quarantine or something
0:13:49 > 0:13:52if you try and enter the country looking like that.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53Nothing fancy.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55You mustn't look like a tart.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Oh, well, looking like a tart isn't going to be a problem.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02This doesn't look too bad.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03My sister gave me that.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Wear it with...
0:14:08 > 0:14:10..this and...
0:14:12 > 0:14:14..this.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Have your bags ready for inspection.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Don't look too innocent, though.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25I'll put some rouge and mascara on you.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Perhaps a little eyeliner.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Step out of the line, please. Thank you. Next, please. Thank you.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Step over this way, please. Get out of the line.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Next. Passport, please.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52Stand up straight. Polish your shoes.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54And don't cough, whatever you do.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Over this way.
0:14:56 > 0:15:01Don't be rude or pushy, but don't look too nervous.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Step this way.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Think like an American.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08You have to know where you're going.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Welcome to the United States, ma'am.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Through the blue door, please.
0:15:12 > 0:15:13Next, please.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Bless us, oh Lord,
0:15:56 > 0:15:59and these thy gifts which we are about to receive from thy bounty
0:15:59 > 0:16:00through Christ our Lord, amen.
0:16:00 > 0:16:01Amen.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07I saw you had a letter today, Diana.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- Any news?- Mr de Valera's had another operation on his eyes, she says.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11He's been in Holland.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13I don't want news I can read in a newspaper.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Anyway, we would describe Mr de Valera as politics,
0:16:16 > 0:16:17would we not, Mrs Kehoe?
0:16:17 > 0:16:19- And we do not like politics at the dinner table.- We don't.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22It's not politics to talk about eye operations.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24It is if the eyes belong to a politician.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27And I don't like to talk about hospitals very much either.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Patty, did you have any luck with that cold cream?
0:16:29 > 0:16:31No, Mrs Kehoe. I asked Miss Tyler in Cosmetics.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- And I showed her the advertisement. - I don't want to have to travel
0:16:33 > 0:16:35all the way into Manhattan just for a jar of cold cream.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Maybe you could have a look in Bartocci's for me, Eilis?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40- Yes, Mrs Kehoe. - Oh, Bartocci's is bound to have it.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42She doesn't know that for sure, Mrs Kehoe.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44She's only saying that Bartocci's is a better store
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- than Webster's to get at Patty. - They're both very good
0:16:47 > 0:16:50and you girls are very lucky to be working there.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Eilis, from the look of you, you have greasy skin.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Is that right? What do you do about that?
0:16:57 > 0:16:58Just...
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Well, I wash it, Mrs Kehoe, with soap.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03There's nothing wrong with soap.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Soap was good enough for Our Lord, I expect.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Oh, and which brand did he use, Miss McAdam?
0:17:08 > 0:17:09Does the Bible tell you that?
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Our Lord was a man, anyway.
0:17:11 > 0:17:12He didn't care about greasy skin.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Ladies, no more talk about
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Our Lord's complexion at dinner, please.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18The girls will help you find something suitable, Eilis.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20- Won't you, girls? - ALL: Mmm-hmm.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Hi.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- Good morning. - Did you go out last night?
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Out, the opposite of in.
0:17:58 > 0:17:59No.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Well, I saw a movie with my boyfriend.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05"What did you see, Dorothy?"
0:18:05 > 0:18:08"I saw The Quiet Man, Eilis. They filmed it in Ireland."
0:18:08 > 0:18:10"Oh, I'm from Ireland."
0:18:10 > 0:18:13"I know you are. That's why I thought you might be interested."
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Thank you.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Shouldn't be a moment.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Is it still hot out there?
0:18:49 > 0:18:52I haven't been outside since this morning.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55But I can tell that it might be very.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56It just looks it.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59It's warm, yes.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Thanks very much.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Remember, if people like it here, they'll come back,
0:19:16 > 0:19:19so you treat every customer as if she's a new friend.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- I'll try.- It's not a matter of trying.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22It's what you have to do.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Do you try to wear panties every day?
0:19:25 > 0:19:27No.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29I mean, I don't... I don't try. I just put them on.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32You see what I'm saying?
0:19:32 > 0:19:34- Yes.- Good.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Can we get another side of toast, please?
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Slice up some hot dogs.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45They want 'em sliced down the middle.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Sorry. Could I have the bill, please?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00I hope that when I go through the Pearly Gates,
0:20:00 > 0:20:02the first sound I hear is you asking me for the cheque
0:20:02 > 0:20:05in that lovely Irish brogue.
0:20:20 > 0:20:26- Diana? - INDISTINCT
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Have they told you a date for the nylon sale yet, Eilis?
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Never had a Bartocci's girl living here.
0:21:02 > 0:21:03Might get some inside information.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05I haven't been told anything.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08- I bet you wouldn't let on if you had.- She's that sort.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10More loyal to her bosses than to her friends.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13- Like a Red spy. - Oh, dear God.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16I'll thank you to keep His name out of a conversation about nylons.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18He might be everywhere,
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- but he's certainly not in Bartocci's on sale day.- Sorry, Mrs Kehoe.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24I was glad to see you finally got some letters from home today, Eilis.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Did I? I forgot to check.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28They'll still be there after dinner.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Oh, sorry.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44"Dear Eilis.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47"It's hard for me to believe that you're reading this in America,
0:21:47 > 0:21:49"thousands of miles across the sea.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53"The big news here is that since you left,
0:21:53 > 0:21:56"Mammy has stopped shopping at Nettles Kelly's.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58"As you know, her bread wasn't always fresh
0:21:58 > 0:22:01"and she overcharged for everything.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03"And she's awful."
0:22:03 > 0:22:05"I haven't told her to her face.
0:22:05 > 0:22:06"There's no need.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10"She knows that she overcharges and her bread's not fresh."
0:22:10 > 0:22:13"We talk about you every evening, of course.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16"We want to know everything.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17"I'm sure you're busy...
0:22:18 > 0:22:20"..but even if your letters were 200 pages,
0:22:20 > 0:22:22"they wouldn't be long enough for your mother.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30"Take care of yourself.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32"Love."
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Is it your time of the month?
0:22:47 > 0:22:50So, what is it?
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Take some time off now.
0:22:55 > 0:22:56Go and sit in the staff room.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08I'm so sorry, Eilis. This is all my fault.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11I was led to believe that you didn't need looking after.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Franco Bartocci says you're doing great here.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Ma Kehoe says you're the nicest lodger she's ever had.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18- What?- "Ma Kehoe"?
0:23:18 > 0:23:22Don't ever call her that to her face.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25I'd forgotten just how bad it feels to be away from home.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30I've enrolled you in a night class, for book-keeping. Brooklyn College.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32It'll be three nights a week
0:23:32 > 0:23:34and I've paid your tuition for the first semester.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38- Why?- Why? Not "thank you"?
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Sorry. Thank you. But why?
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Well, I was amazed that someone as clever as you
0:23:44 > 0:23:46couldn't find proper work at home.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48I've been here too long.
0:23:48 > 0:23:49I forget what it's like in Ireland.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53So when your sister wrote to me about you,
0:23:53 > 0:23:55I said the Church would try to help.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Anyway, we need Irish girls in Brooklyn.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01I wish that I could stop feeling
0:24:01 > 0:24:03that I want to be an Irish girl in Ireland.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06All I can say is that it will pass.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Homesickness is like most sicknesses.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11It'll make you feel wretched
0:24:11 > 0:24:13and then it'll move on to somebody else.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17Now, Taylor vs Standard Gas Company
0:24:17 > 0:24:19is one of the most important corporate cases
0:24:19 > 0:24:22decided in the Supreme Court in the last 20 years.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26This was the case responsible for the Deep Rock Doctrine,
0:24:26 > 0:24:28so it's maybe the biggest milestone
0:24:28 > 0:24:30in parent-subsidiary law.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34In public utility integration proceedings alone,
0:24:34 > 0:24:36literally thousands of investors
0:24:36 > 0:24:40may be affected by its application.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41BELL RINGS
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Did you understand any of that?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47I mean, a single word?
0:24:49 > 0:24:51He's not even reading from a book.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53He just knows all this.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Well, let's hope the next hour's easier, huh?
0:25:07 > 0:25:11One of the things that ruins Christmas in America is the turkey.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13It all tastes of sawdust.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15So that's one cheese sandwich for Miss McAdam
0:25:15 > 0:25:17and extra turkey for everyone else.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19- THEY LAUGH - Ladies, please.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Eilis, Father Flood told me about your Christmas plans.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Oh, you're not serving lunch to the old fellas
0:25:26 > 0:25:27who've nowhere to go, are you?
0:25:27 > 0:25:29He asks us every year. We always say no.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Eilis, you're a saint. They smell awful.
0:25:32 > 0:25:33Sheila knows how they smell
0:25:33 > 0:25:37because that's where she goes husband hunting.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40It's a marvellous thing you're doing, Eilis. A Christian thing.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42I wish there were more like you.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47In you come.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50How many are we expecting?
0:25:50 > 0:25:52We had 100 last year. There may be more this.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54- Are they all Irish? - All Irish.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Why don't they go home?
0:25:58 > 0:26:01If there's nothing there for clever young girls such as yourself,
0:26:01 > 0:26:03there's going to be even less for men like these.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Some of them have been here 50 years.
0:26:06 > 0:26:07They've lost touch with everyone.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11- Lovely.- Thank you. - Merry Christmas.- Thank you.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14These are the men who built the tunnels,
0:26:14 > 0:26:16the bridges, the highways.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19God alone knows what they live on now.
0:26:19 > 0:26:27FOLK MUSIC PLAYS
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Anyway...
0:26:37 > 0:26:39HE WHISTLES
0:26:39 > 0:26:41I don't want to interrupt proceedings,
0:26:41 > 0:26:45but I'm sure you'd all like to show your appreciation
0:26:45 > 0:26:47to all the ladies here for their hard day's work.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49And by way of a thank you,
0:26:49 > 0:26:51we have a great singer in the room with us today.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Frankie.
0:27:01 > 0:27:07HE SINGS "CASADH AN TSUGAIN"
0:28:51 > 0:28:54Would you like to come into the front room for a glass of something?
0:28:56 > 0:28:58You've earned it.
0:28:59 > 0:29:00You survived.
0:29:02 > 0:29:03Ah, it wasn't so bad.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09- Happy Christmas.- Cheers.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15Now, Miss McAdam is leaving us.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18She's going to live with her sister in Manhattan.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20She has the best room in the house,
0:29:20 > 0:29:22the basement,
0:29:22 > 0:29:24and it has its own entrance.
0:29:24 > 0:29:29Now, I can only let a certain kind of girl stay there.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32Oh, and I'm not talking about looks here.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Although I will admit, God did give Miss McAdam an advantage
0:29:34 > 0:29:37when I had to think about who I could trust to live down there.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39No, no, you're a pretty girl, Eilis,
0:29:39 > 0:29:41but you're sensible.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43So, you're having the room and that's that.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Will the other girls not mind?
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Oh, I expect so.
0:29:47 > 0:29:48What don't they mind?
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Girls, you'll take Dolores to the dance
0:29:56 > 0:29:58- with you on Saturday night, won't you?- There's a dance?
0:29:58 > 0:30:00At the parish hall.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02There'll be no alcohol, but you can have fun without it.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04Um...
0:30:04 > 0:30:06..Patty and I aren't going this week.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08We're going to see a movie instead.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Well, I'm sure Dolores would enjoy a movie just as well.
0:30:11 > 0:30:12I would, very much.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15There are so many more movies here in New York than in Cavan.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Yes, surprising, isn't it?
0:30:17 > 0:30:19You'd think it'd be the other way round.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21THEY LAUGH
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Of course, you would be welcome to join us, Dolores.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27So long as you don't mind being a gooseberry.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29So you both miraculously found boyfriends
0:30:29 > 0:30:31over the last couple of days, did you?
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Well, I hope you have more luck with these
0:30:33 > 0:30:35than you did with the last few.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37- Will you be going, Eilis? - Yes, Mrs Kehoe.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Well, you can take Dolores, then.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41Of course.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05God. There's nobody here.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08How are we supposed to get a fella if there's nobody here?
0:31:08 > 0:31:10I expect most people will come after nine.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13People or fellas?
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Some of the people will be fellas.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19I'd love to meet a fella.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23They came. The liars.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27What a pair of bitches.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29That's what the old woman called them.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31She said they were all bitches.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Apart from you.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Well, hello.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Hello. It's good to see you.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51I can see why.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53Come with us.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08There. That's better.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Now you don't look like you came in from milking the cows.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14- Is that what I looked like? - Just a bit.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Nice, clean cows.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25Not bad.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Maybe we can have a dance later.
0:32:36 > 0:32:37I'm sorry?
0:32:37 > 0:32:40- A dance, later. - Oh. Sure.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42Would you like to dance?
0:32:54 > 0:32:55Are you here with that guy,
0:32:55 > 0:32:57the one who was teaching you to dance?
0:32:57 > 0:33:01- No.- So would you dance with me?
0:33:01 > 0:33:02I'm not sure he taught me anything.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Doesn't matter.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Secret is to look as though you know what you're doing.
0:33:06 > 0:33:11I wish someone had told me that years ago.
0:33:11 > 0:33:12Come on.
0:33:43 > 0:33:44Where do you live?
0:33:46 > 0:33:48- Clinton Street.- Yeah?
0:33:49 > 0:33:51That's on my way home.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Can I walk you?
0:33:55 > 0:33:58I'm going to say yes and then I'm going to tell you why.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00So I don't get the wrong idea?
0:34:00 > 0:34:01I suppose so.
0:34:01 > 0:34:06Is there a girl in a white shirt sitting on her own over there?
0:34:10 > 0:34:12- You don't know her?- I do.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16She lives in my boarding house and she's awful.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19If I leave with you, I'm sure she'd understand.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21- You'd be rescuing me.- I get it.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44I'm not Irish.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47You don't sound Irish.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49I need to make this clear.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51No part of me is Irish.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55I don't have Irish parents or grandparents, or anything.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58I'm Italian. Well, my parents are, anyway.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00So what were you doing at an Irish dance?
0:35:00 > 0:35:02Don't the Italians have dances?
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Yeah, and I wouldn't want to take you to one.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07They behave like Italians all night.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09- What does that mean?- Oh, you know.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11No.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Hands.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Too many of them?
0:35:15 > 0:35:18I guess it could seem that way if you was a girl. Listen...
0:35:21 > 0:35:23I want everything out in the open.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26I came to the Irish dance...
0:35:27 > 0:35:29..because I really like Irish girls.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33And I was the only one who would dance with you?
0:35:33 > 0:35:34Oh, no, it wasn't...
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Oh, so you danced with loads of others?
0:35:45 > 0:35:46This is me.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Can I take you next week,
0:35:51 > 0:35:53maybe get something to eat first?
0:35:55 > 0:35:57That'd be nice.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00Goodnight.
0:36:18 > 0:36:19So...
0:36:21 > 0:36:23..what do you do when you're not working?
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Well, there's school.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Just, you know, Brooklyn College.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32I'm studying book-keeping.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34You want to be a book-keeper?
0:36:34 > 0:36:38Well, I want to be an accountant one day but, yes, book-keeping first.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40- Wow.- Mmm.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42Is that difficult?
0:36:42 > 0:36:45I'm talking too much. Tell me about plumbing.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47You know enough about plumbing already.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49I don't know anything.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51You know that taps drip
0:36:51 > 0:36:53and that toilets get blocked,
0:36:53 > 0:36:55and that's all you need to know.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57I mean, I don't know anything about book-keeping.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Well, there's a lot to it.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06There's all the maths, of course, but that's not so complicated.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09The double-entry system, that takes a while to get used to.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11And we study company law, too, and that terrifies me.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14So we had to read about an insurance company
0:37:14 > 0:37:16that went bankrupt in the 1930s
0:37:16 > 0:37:18and all the legal issues that went along with that.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21She plays golf and she's really good at it,
0:37:21 > 0:37:22and if she'd been at the dance last Saturday,
0:37:22 > 0:37:24then I don't think you'd have looked at me twice
0:37:24 > 0:37:27because Rose is beautiful.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31I'm worried. You haven't eaten anything.
0:37:31 > 0:37:32Oh.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Too busy talking.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44What is the matter with you girls now?
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Nothing is the matter with us, Mrs Kehoe.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49Is this all because Eilis has found herself a young man?
0:37:49 > 0:37:50Eilis has a young man?
0:37:50 > 0:37:52We didn't know.
0:37:52 > 0:37:53She won't say anything about it.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57And why should she to you awful gossipmongers?
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Anyway, I met him on Saturday night when he called for Eilis,
0:38:00 > 0:38:02and he's a gentleman.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Will you tell us what you know about him, Mrs Kehoe?
0:38:04 > 0:38:06We know he's quite nice-looking.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Didn't like his shoes much.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10What on Earth is wrong with his shoes?
0:38:10 > 0:38:12They were a funny colour.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14I'll tell you this much.
0:38:14 > 0:38:15I'm going to ask Father Flood
0:38:15 > 0:38:17to preach a sermon on the dangers of giddiness.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20I see now that giddiness is the eighth deadly sin.
0:38:20 > 0:38:26A giddy girl is every bit as evil as a slothful man,
0:38:26 > 0:38:28and the noise she makes is a lot worse.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Enough.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38BELL RINGS
0:38:52 > 0:38:54All I want to do is travel home with you.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56No food, no drink, no nothing.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59I know you've got to study and get some sleep.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02I'll take you to your house and say goodnight.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06Otherwise, it's too long to wait.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15I want to ask you something and you're going to say,
0:39:15 > 0:39:18"Oh, it's too soon. I don't really know him well enough.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20"We only been out a couple of times."
0:39:20 > 0:39:22Oh, it's nothing so bad.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24It's just something that most guys, they...
0:39:24 > 0:39:27- Please just ask. You're beginning to terrify me.- Oh...
0:39:27 > 0:39:31Sure. Will you come for dinner and meet my family sometime?
0:39:33 > 0:39:35That's it?
0:39:35 > 0:39:37I'd love to.
0:39:39 > 0:39:40You like Italian food?
0:39:40 > 0:39:42Don't know. I've never eaten it.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44It's the best food in the world.
0:39:44 > 0:39:45Well, why would I not like it?
0:39:47 > 0:39:49You're in a good mood, huh?
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Yes. Why?
0:39:51 > 0:39:53It's just...
0:39:53 > 0:39:56I like how you're being.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00I don't know the word, when you go along with everything.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02- Amenable. - Yeah? Amenable?
0:40:04 > 0:40:07OK, so while you're being amenable,
0:40:07 > 0:40:10can we go see a movie this week when you're not in night class?
0:40:13 > 0:40:14I'll sign up for two movies.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17- Really?- Yes.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Even if the first date is a disaster,
0:40:19 > 0:40:21I'll give it another chance.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Parkway's next stop.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33Parkway's next.
0:40:33 > 0:40:34It certainly feels like it,
0:40:34 > 0:40:37but this is my first year, so I don't know how to judge.
0:40:37 > 0:40:38Well, congratulations.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41- You've survived your first New York winter.- Ah. Wasn't so bad.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43Really? It's colder in Ireland?
0:40:43 > 0:40:44Oh, no, it's colder here.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48Over here, that's how we judge the winter, on how cold it is.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50But you have heating, heating everywhere.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52You're only cold outside.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54I guess that's true.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56- Thank you for your help. - Have a good day.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Eilis.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03You're like a different person.
0:41:03 > 0:41:04How did you do it?
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Maybe I can pass some advice on to the next poor girl
0:41:07 > 0:41:10- who feels that way. - I met somebody. An Italian fella.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Oh, no. I'm not passing that on.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15I'd rather have them homesick than heartbroken.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Does he talk about baseball all the time?
0:41:17 > 0:41:18- Or his mother?- No.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Then keep him.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22There isn't another Italian man like him in New York.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Hold it.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31Now, remember you're getting off easy because we haven't got sauce.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Yeah, you have to remember that the sauce flies everywhere,
0:41:33 > 0:41:35so take it slowly.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38I'm going to say "splash" any time I see problems.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41- Good idea. - Can I start now?
0:41:41 > 0:41:44- Yeah.- Go.
0:41:56 > 0:41:57Splash!
0:41:58 > 0:42:02You just splashed his mother, his father, and the walls.
0:42:02 > 0:42:03Let's go again.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07"Dear Rose.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11"I suppose the most important news is that I have a boyfriend.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14"He isn't as important as Bartocci's and my night classes, I know that,
0:42:14 > 0:42:17"but I want to tell you everything that's going on.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21"Please don't mention it to Mammy, though. You know what she's like.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23"He's decent and kind,
0:42:23 > 0:42:25"and he has a job and he works hard.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27"We go to the cinema on Wednesdays
0:42:27 > 0:42:31"and he takes me to Father Flood's dance on Saturdays.
0:42:31 > 0:42:35"I think of you and Mother every single day,
0:42:35 > 0:42:38"but Tony has helped me to feel that I have a life here
0:42:38 > 0:42:41"I didn't have before I met him.
0:42:41 > 0:42:42"My body was here,
0:42:42 > 0:42:45"but my life was back in Ireland with you.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48"Now it's halfway across the sea.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50"So that's something, isn't it?"
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Oh, and I'd better warn you about Frankie.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08- He's the little one? - Yeah, he's eight going on 18.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10I mean, he's nice and he's smart, but he's been talking
0:43:10 > 0:43:13and he's talking about all the things he's going to say to you.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16- What sort of things?- We don't know. It could be anything.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18I mean, I tried to pay him money to go out
0:43:18 > 0:43:21and play ball with his friends and my dad, he threatened him,
0:43:21 > 0:43:24but I think he's looking forward to causing trouble,
0:43:24 > 0:43:26so much so he'll happily take a beating.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28This is us here.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30You ready?
0:43:45 > 0:43:47Hey, how did you learn to eat spaghetti like that?
0:43:49 > 0:43:51I've been taking lessons.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53Lessons? Like in a class?
0:43:53 > 0:43:55You can do that? Maybe I could teach it.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58No, no, Diana, who lives in the boarding house with me,
0:43:58 > 0:44:00cooked me some spaghetti
0:44:00 > 0:44:02and made me try and eat it without making a mess.
0:44:02 > 0:44:06So what do you eat in Ireland? Just Irish stew?
0:44:06 > 0:44:07Not just. We eat...
0:44:07 > 0:44:10So, first of all, I should say that we don't like Irish people.
0:44:10 > 0:44:11- Hey, watch it.- Frankie.
0:44:11 > 0:44:14What? We don't. That is a well-known fact.
0:44:14 > 0:44:16Why, Frankie?
0:44:16 > 0:44:18Cos a big gang of Irish beat Maurizio up
0:44:18 > 0:44:20and he had to get stitches,
0:44:20 > 0:44:22and because all the cops around here are Irish
0:44:22 > 0:44:25- nobody did anything about it. - There's probably two sides to it.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27I might have said something I shouldn't.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29You know, I can't remember now.
0:44:29 > 0:44:30No, because they beat you up.
0:44:30 > 0:44:33Anyway, they probably weren't all Irish.
0:44:33 > 0:44:35No, they just had red hair and big legs.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37All right, up.
0:44:37 > 0:44:39- Ow!- Excuse us.
0:44:39 > 0:44:42All I can say, in his defence, is he's the only one of us
0:44:42 > 0:44:44who'll get a college education.
0:44:44 > 0:44:46If he can keep his mouth shut.
0:44:47 > 0:44:49So, Tony tells me you go to college.
0:44:49 > 0:44:52Oh, just night classes. I want to be a book-keeper.
0:44:52 > 0:44:54I like working in the shop well enough,
0:44:54 > 0:44:57but I don't want to be there forever.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00I'm sorry, Eilis. I'm an idiot.
0:45:01 > 0:45:02I'm a rude idiot.
0:45:02 > 0:45:05THEY LAUGH
0:45:08 > 0:45:11So has Tony offered to take you to Ebbets Field
0:45:11 > 0:45:13when the season starts?
0:45:13 > 0:45:16You like baseball?
0:45:16 > 0:45:18He never mentioned the Dodgers?
0:45:18 > 0:45:20- Not even once?- Tony, what's the matter with you?
0:45:20 > 0:45:23You want to know why? Too much of this.
0:45:23 > 0:45:26Anyway, you'll have to go to Ebbets Field
0:45:26 > 0:45:27if you want to see him in the summer.
0:45:27 > 0:45:29They're that important to you?
0:45:29 > 0:45:31Put it this way, if our kids end up
0:45:31 > 0:45:33supporting the Yankees or the Giants,
0:45:33 > 0:45:35- it'd break my heart. - Mine too.
0:45:39 > 0:45:41She's not laughing, Tony. Think it's too late.
0:45:41 > 0:45:44She's a Yanks fan.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46What are you talking about? What's wrong with you?
0:45:46 > 0:45:49"She's a Yanks fan."
0:46:09 > 0:46:11I love you.
0:46:14 > 0:46:15I...
0:46:17 > 0:46:20Thank you for the evening.
0:46:20 > 0:46:22It was lovely.
0:46:42 > 0:46:44Oh! Sorry.
0:46:46 > 0:46:48I'd finished.
0:46:55 > 0:46:57Sheila, can I ask you something?
0:46:59 > 0:47:01Why aren't you married?
0:47:04 > 0:47:07Because my husband met somebody else and left me.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09Oh.
0:47:09 > 0:47:12I'm sorry.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14And, well, would you get married again?
0:47:14 > 0:47:16- Has somebody asked you?- No.
0:47:18 > 0:47:19Not really.
0:47:19 > 0:47:22- I won't ask what that means. - KNOCKING
0:47:22 > 0:47:24Would I get married again?
0:47:24 > 0:47:26No, I want to be waiting outside the bathroom
0:47:26 > 0:47:28of my boarding house forever.
0:47:28 > 0:47:30Of course I do.
0:47:30 > 0:47:33That's why I go to that wretched dance every week.
0:47:33 > 0:47:36I want to be waiting outside my own bathroom
0:47:36 > 0:47:38while some bad-tempered fella
0:47:38 > 0:47:40with hair growing out of his ears
0:47:40 > 0:47:43reads the newspaper on the toilet.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46Then I'll wish I was back here talking to you.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28Eilis!
0:48:28 > 0:48:30I'm sorry.
0:48:30 > 0:48:31I didn't think you were coming.
0:48:31 > 0:48:33Yeah, I know. I thought you were going to think that.
0:48:33 > 0:48:36That's why I wanted to be here no matter what.
0:48:36 > 0:48:38- I need to say something to you. - Can you...?
0:48:38 > 0:48:41Can we just talk about something else until we get to Mrs Kehoe's?
0:48:41 > 0:48:43- It's not...- Please.
0:48:45 > 0:48:47So...
0:48:47 > 0:48:50Ten minutes before I'm supposed to meet you and I'm standing ankle-deep
0:48:50 > 0:48:53in sewage that's pouring through this old lady's ceiling.
0:48:53 > 0:48:57Yeah. Even if you're thinking of inviting me in for a coffee,
0:48:57 > 0:49:01- I'd have to say no for your sake. - So how did you fix it in 10 minutes?
0:49:01 > 0:49:04I didn't. I spent the whole ten minutes explaining to the lady
0:49:04 > 0:49:06I had to be somewhere and I'd be back,
0:49:06 > 0:49:08and she don't want to let me go.
0:49:08 > 0:49:10So the sewage is still pouring through the ceiling?
0:49:10 > 0:49:11Oh...
0:49:11 > 0:49:16Well, what's the difference between six inches of sewage and a foot?
0:49:16 > 0:49:19Will you let me say what I want to say?
0:49:19 > 0:49:21I don't think you'll mind.
0:49:21 > 0:49:23OK.
0:49:25 > 0:49:29You remember that, after I had dinner at your house,
0:49:29 > 0:49:31you told me you loved me?
0:49:33 > 0:49:37Well, I didn't really know what to say.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39But I know what to say now.
0:49:40 > 0:49:42I have thought about you...
0:49:44 > 0:49:45..and I like you.
0:49:46 > 0:49:48And I like being with you.
0:49:49 > 0:49:51And...
0:49:52 > 0:49:55..maybe I feel the same way.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00So, the next time you tell me you love me,
0:50:00 > 0:50:02if there is a next time...
0:50:04 > 0:50:05..I'll say, "I love you, too."
0:50:09 > 0:50:11Are you serious?
0:50:11 > 0:50:13Yes.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16Holy shit.
0:50:16 > 0:50:19Excuse my language,
0:50:19 > 0:50:22but I thought we were having a different kind of talk.
0:50:22 > 0:50:24Can I go home now?
0:50:24 > 0:50:28- You love me?- Yes, but don't ask me anything else,
0:50:28 > 0:50:30and don't talk about our kids being Dodgers fans.
0:50:30 > 0:50:33What, you want kids who like the Yankees?
0:50:33 > 0:50:36- Tony, please, don't push me. - All right. I'm sorry.
0:50:38 > 0:50:42"Dear Eilis. Thank you so much for the nylons.
0:50:42 > 0:50:46"The Bartocci wrapping paper makes them look so glamorous.
0:50:46 > 0:50:51"It seems everything is so exciting and new compared to here.
0:50:51 > 0:50:53"I can't wait for you to show it all to me one day.
0:50:58 > 0:51:00"Oh, Eilis,
0:51:00 > 0:51:02"you know I'm by your side,
0:51:02 > 0:51:04"even when I'm not."
0:51:24 > 0:51:25Well...
0:51:28 > 0:51:32You're marvellous, that's all I have to say.
0:51:32 > 0:51:35It looks to me as if you didn't just pass those exams.
0:51:35 > 0:51:37No. You flew through them.
0:51:37 > 0:51:40I can't remember the last time anyone came in here with good news.
0:51:40 > 0:51:42I've saved some money.
0:51:42 > 0:51:44I'll be able to pay for next year's tuition
0:51:44 > 0:51:45AND pay you back for last year.
0:51:45 > 0:51:47One of my parishioners paid.
0:51:47 > 0:51:50He needed to do something for mankind and I won't tell you why.
0:51:50 > 0:51:52He's not out of the woods yet either,
0:51:52 > 0:51:53so he can cough up for next year, too.
0:51:53 > 0:51:56I'd love to know what sort of woods he's in.
0:51:56 > 0:51:59Yes, I'm sure you would, but you won't hear it from me.
0:51:59 > 0:52:02Qualifications and a boyfriend, Eilis.
0:52:02 > 0:52:05You're not the miserable young girl who wanted to go home last winter.
0:52:05 > 0:52:07It seems like years ago.
0:52:07 > 0:52:11Now, I think this is the first time
0:52:11 > 0:52:14any girl of mine
0:52:14 > 0:52:16has ever passed an exam while living here.
0:52:19 > 0:52:21- Have you told Tony yet, Eilis? - Of course.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23And is he taking you out to celebrate?
0:52:23 > 0:52:25We're going to Coney Island at the weekend.
0:52:25 > 0:52:28- Oh, boy.- What does that mean?
0:52:28 > 0:52:29Do you have a bathing costume?
0:52:29 > 0:52:31- No, I was going to... - Do you have sunglasses?
0:52:31 > 0:52:33- No.- You need sunglasses.
0:52:33 > 0:52:35I read that if you don't have them on the beach this year,
0:52:35 > 0:52:37people'll talk about you.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39And what exactly will they say, Sheila?
0:52:39 > 0:52:41That's the thing, Mrs Kehoe.
0:52:41 > 0:52:45You'd never know cos they'd never say it to your face.
0:52:45 > 0:52:48Oh, dear God. Diana's right, though, Eilis.
0:52:48 > 0:52:51You need to think carefully about your costume.
0:52:51 > 0:52:53It's the most Tony will ever have seen of you
0:52:53 > 0:52:55and you don't want to put him off.
0:52:58 > 0:53:00You'll have to shave down there.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03I'll give you a razor that'll do the trick.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08You're all right there for the moment.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11And most Italian men appreciate a fuller figure.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13But watch yourself over the summer.
0:53:15 > 0:53:18Black's too dark for your pale skin. Let's see you in the green.
0:53:56 > 0:53:59Why didn't you tell me to put my costume on underneath my clothes?
0:53:59 > 0:54:01I thought you'd know.
0:54:03 > 0:54:05Right, I'm ready.
0:54:11 > 0:54:13HE WHISTLES
0:54:13 > 0:54:16- Tony.- What?
0:54:16 > 0:54:18Come on.
0:54:18 > 0:54:21"Dear Rose. Thank you for your letter.
0:54:21 > 0:54:23"I was happy to hear about your golf tournament.
0:54:23 > 0:54:26"You must have been really pleased.
0:54:26 > 0:54:30I still miss you and Mother, and think about you every day,
0:54:30 > 0:54:31but I think I can say that,
0:54:31 > 0:54:34"for the first time since I've been in America, I'm really happy.
0:54:36 > 0:54:38"This has a lot to do with Tony.
0:54:38 > 0:54:41"At the weekend, he took me to see the Brooklyn Dodgers,
0:54:41 > 0:54:43"the baseball team he loves.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45"They lost, so he was annoyed.
0:54:45 > 0:54:48"But I've also started to look for office work too.
0:54:48 > 0:54:52"I had an interview this week at a textile firm here in Brooklyn."
0:54:52 > 0:54:54Rose.
0:54:54 > 0:54:57"Who'd have thought there would be two book-keepers in the family?"
0:54:57 > 0:54:59Rose.
0:55:01 > 0:55:05"I'll soon be able to afford to come home and see you and Mammy."
0:55:08 > 0:55:09Rose?
0:55:13 > 0:55:16Rose.
0:55:17 > 0:55:19Rose! Oh, Rose!
0:55:22 > 0:55:25SHE SOBS
0:55:37 > 0:55:39One moment.
0:55:58 > 0:56:00It was sudden.
0:56:02 > 0:56:04I think perhaps she was ill,
0:56:04 > 0:56:05and she knew she was ill,
0:56:05 > 0:56:07and she didn't tell anybody.
0:56:12 > 0:56:13What'll happen?
0:56:13 > 0:56:15What can happen?
0:56:16 > 0:56:19- When will they bury her?- Tomorrow.
0:56:21 > 0:56:23- Without me? - Without you.
0:56:25 > 0:56:26You're too far away, Eilis.
0:56:31 > 0:56:34Why did I ever come here?
0:56:34 > 0:56:36Rose wanted a better life for you.
0:56:36 > 0:56:38She loved how well you were doing.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40But I'll never see her again.
0:56:43 > 0:56:45That's right, isn't it, Father?
0:56:45 > 0:56:48I'll never see her again.
0:56:48 > 0:56:51You know that I think you will.
0:56:51 > 0:56:54And that she'll be watching over you every day for the rest of your life.
0:57:03 > 0:57:11PHONE RINGS
0:57:20 > 0:57:23Hello? Mammy?
0:57:27 > 0:57:29I can't really hear you.
0:57:31 > 0:57:33Well, the rain held off anyway.
0:57:35 > 0:57:37And the whole of her golf club came,
0:57:37 > 0:57:39every single one of them.
0:57:39 > 0:57:41We had a real houseful afterwards.
0:57:44 > 0:57:46Are you still there?
0:57:46 > 0:57:48Yes.
0:57:51 > 0:57:54People really loved her, Eilis.
0:57:54 > 0:57:56Her friends from work, the neighbours, everybody.
0:57:59 > 0:58:00Nobody knew what to say to me.
0:58:05 > 0:58:07When your daddy died, I said to myself
0:58:07 > 0:58:11that I shouldn't grieve too much because I had the two of you.
0:58:11 > 0:58:13And then when you went to America,
0:58:13 > 0:58:15I told myself the same thing because she was here with me.
0:58:15 > 0:58:17But everyone's gone, Eilis.
0:58:17 > 0:58:19I have nobody.
0:58:39 > 0:58:41I can't bear it, Tony.
0:58:45 > 0:58:46You...
0:58:48 > 0:58:52..want to go home, I guess.
0:58:53 > 0:58:57How would it be for you if I did go home?
0:58:57 > 0:58:59I'd be afraid every single day.
0:59:00 > 0:59:03Afraid that I wouldn't come back?
0:59:03 > 0:59:05Yeah.
0:59:05 > 0:59:07But home is home.
0:59:12 > 0:59:14I'm not sure I have a home any more.
0:59:20 > 0:59:24You're not going to work tomorrow, are you?
0:59:24 > 0:59:26After the Mass. Can I take you somewhere?
0:59:39 > 0:59:40This is it.
0:59:41 > 0:59:45We're going to build five houses here if we can
0:59:45 > 0:59:47and Mum and Dad, they're going to have one
0:59:47 > 0:59:50cos Ma always wanted a house with a back yard.
0:59:50 > 0:59:52We'll sell three.
0:59:52 > 0:59:57And the other one, my brothers, they asked me if I wanted it
0:59:57 > 0:59:59and I said that I did.
0:59:59 > 1:00:02So I guess what I'm saying is,
1:00:02 > 1:00:04you want to live out here on Long Island?
1:00:04 > 1:00:06I mean, I know it doesn't look like much right now,
1:00:06 > 1:00:10but all the land around here has been sold,
1:00:10 > 1:00:12so we wouldn't be on our own,
1:00:12 > 1:00:14and there'd be telephone cables and electricity, everything.
1:00:22 > 1:00:23We're going to set up a company.
1:00:24 > 1:00:28A building company, the three of us.
1:00:28 > 1:00:29And I'm going to do the plumbing
1:00:29 > 1:00:31and Laurence'll do the carpentry and...
1:00:38 > 1:00:41Don't go all quiet on me.
1:00:41 > 1:00:43At least tell me you'll think about it.
1:00:47 > 1:00:49I don't need to think about it.
1:01:38 > 1:01:40It's just for a month or so.
1:01:42 > 1:01:44I know it'd make her feel a little better.
1:01:53 > 1:01:55Will you marry me before you leave?
1:01:59 > 1:02:01You don't trust me to come back?
1:02:03 > 1:02:05Marry me.
1:02:07 > 1:02:09Marry me.
1:02:09 > 1:02:11We don't have to tell anybody.
1:02:11 > 1:02:12We just do it quickly,
1:02:12 > 1:02:14just keep it between us.
1:02:17 > 1:02:20Why do you want to do it?
1:02:20 > 1:02:23Because if we don't, I'm going to go crazy.
1:02:28 > 1:02:30Would a promise not be the same?
1:02:34 > 1:02:36If you can promise, you can easily do this.
1:03:19 > 1:03:22So this is it. This is where you live.
1:03:23 > 1:03:26Yes, and if you make one tiny noise, she'll evict me.
1:04:15 > 1:04:17There's no point in worrying now.
1:04:19 > 1:04:21Stay with me.
1:04:51 > 1:04:52You want to play?
1:04:52 > 1:04:54- Yeah, sure. - All right, here we go.
1:04:54 > 1:04:56One bat coming up, huh?
1:04:56 > 1:04:59I'll take that. All right, you ready? Hands up.
1:04:59 > 1:05:00- Yeah.- All right.
1:05:00 > 1:05:03Boom. Oh! Right down the third base line.
1:05:03 > 1:05:04Is he annoying you?
1:05:04 > 1:05:06- Cos he was annoying me. - No, no, no, no.
1:05:06 > 1:05:08I got a brother the exact same age.
1:05:08 > 1:05:11- Hey, are you Irish? - Is it so obvious?
1:05:11 > 1:05:14I'm just about to marry an Irish girl, so I guess I notice it more.
1:05:14 > 1:05:15There are a lot of you in Brooklyn.
1:05:15 > 1:05:18Sometimes it seems as though there can't be anybody left at home.
1:05:18 > 1:05:19Where's your girl from?
1:05:19 > 1:05:21Enniscorthy in County Wexford.
1:05:21 > 1:05:22My wife has family there.
1:05:22 > 1:05:25Hey, Eilis. Come here a sec.
1:05:25 > 1:05:27Anthony Fiorello and Eilis Lacey.
1:05:29 > 1:05:30- Good luck.- Thank you.
1:05:30 > 1:05:34Come on, come over here. Come on.
1:05:40 > 1:05:43Will we ever tell our children we did this?
1:05:44 > 1:05:47Maybe we'll save it for some anniversary.
1:05:48 > 1:05:50I wonder what they'll think of it.
1:06:15 > 1:06:18- Nancy. - You look so glamorous.
1:06:18 > 1:06:20I told you so.
1:06:20 > 1:06:22I'm so sorry about Rose.
1:06:22 > 1:06:24Thank you.
1:06:24 > 1:06:26How are you?
1:06:26 > 1:06:29No. I knew, but I wanted to let Nancy tell you herself.
1:06:29 > 1:06:32I'm so glad you can come to the wedding.
1:06:32 > 1:06:36- Can I?- Your mother accepted the invitation on your behalf.
1:06:36 > 1:06:39- When is it? - The 27th of August.
1:06:39 > 1:06:41Will you come out with George and me tomorrow night?
1:06:41 > 1:06:43Annette wants to see you, too.
1:06:43 > 1:06:45Oh, I don't mind. I'll have to find you a key.
1:06:45 > 1:06:47I don't want you getting me out of bed.
1:06:47 > 1:06:49We all want to hear what life in New York is like.
1:06:49 > 1:06:52I'll try and think of something to say.
1:06:59 > 1:07:02I'm booked to go back to New York on the 21st.
1:07:02 > 1:07:05Well, you can wait an extra week to see your best friend married.
1:07:40 > 1:07:43I can't believe I'm married to someone you'll never know.
1:07:49 > 1:07:51But you'd like him.
1:07:52 > 1:07:54I know you would.
1:07:56 > 1:07:58He's sweet.
1:07:59 > 1:08:01And he's funny.
1:08:01 > 1:08:04And he's got these wonderful eyes that...
1:08:15 > 1:08:18SHE SOBS: I wish everything were different.
1:08:36 > 1:08:39So, now, Mrs O'Toole from Cush.
1:08:39 > 1:08:41Do we really have to do this?
1:08:41 > 1:08:43Getting a letter of condolence
1:08:43 > 1:08:45isn't like getting a birthday present, is it?
1:08:45 > 1:08:46What if Mrs O'Toole from Cush writes back
1:08:46 > 1:08:49- to thank you for your thank you? - Then I'll thank her.
1:08:49 > 1:08:52And you'd be happy to spend the rest of your life like that?
1:08:52 > 1:08:55It's not as if I've anything else to do or anybody else to talk to.
1:08:55 > 1:08:57It might as well be Mrs O'Toole from Cush.
1:08:58 > 1:09:00What do you want me to say?
1:09:00 > 1:09:02HORN BLARES
1:09:02 > 1:09:05That'll be Nancy and Annette.
1:09:05 > 1:09:06Off you go.
1:09:09 > 1:09:11Enjoy yourself.
1:09:26 > 1:09:28Eilis, this is Jim Farrell.
1:09:30 > 1:09:32It's a great pleasure to meet you.
1:09:35 > 1:09:37We could try the Connaught Hotel bar.
1:09:37 > 1:09:41- There may be a few of the fellas from the rugby club there.- OK.
1:09:41 > 1:09:45Do you have to be with other fellas from the rugby club all the time?
1:09:45 > 1:09:47No.
1:09:47 > 1:09:51But Nancy told us we wouldn't be allowed to talk to you
1:09:51 > 1:09:53cos you have too much to say to each other,
1:09:53 > 1:09:54so we're just looking for company.
1:09:54 > 1:09:58- Oh, well.- Do you not like the fellas from the rugby club, Eilis?
1:09:58 > 1:10:00I don't particularly, George.
1:10:00 > 1:10:02When I first went to America,
1:10:02 > 1:10:05I missed every single thing about Enniscorthy except one.
1:10:05 > 1:10:06We're not all the same.
1:10:06 > 1:10:08You all look the same.
1:10:08 > 1:10:10It's the blazer and the hair oil.
1:10:12 > 1:10:14NANCY LAUGHS
1:10:19 > 1:10:21Nancy.
1:10:23 > 1:10:25Where's Annette? And why has he come?
1:10:25 > 1:10:28He's very nice, so don't be too hard on him.
1:10:28 > 1:10:31Is this the same Jim Farrell that was engaged to Cathleen Cassidy?
1:10:31 > 1:10:33- What happened to her? - He broke it off.
1:10:33 > 1:10:35He didn't think she was serious about him.
1:10:35 > 1:10:38He was very upset for a while, but he's over her now.
1:10:38 > 1:10:41Nancy, I'm... I'm going back.
1:10:41 > 1:10:45But you can have a bit of fun while you're here, can't you?
1:10:45 > 1:10:47Come on, George.
1:10:49 > 1:10:52How's your mother?
1:10:52 > 1:10:54She's...
1:10:54 > 1:10:56Well, she's sad.
1:10:56 > 1:10:59She's got much older very quickly.
1:10:59 > 1:11:00It was a terrible thing.
1:11:00 > 1:11:02We all went to the funeral Mass,
1:11:02 > 1:11:04Mother and Father and myself.
1:11:04 > 1:11:06I didn't know that.
1:11:06 > 1:11:08My mother played golf with her, you know.
1:11:08 > 1:11:10She was very fond of her.
1:11:10 > 1:11:12It was...
1:11:12 > 1:11:17It was the saddest thing to happen in the town that I can remember.
1:11:17 > 1:11:18Thank you.
1:11:19 > 1:11:21Come on, you two.
1:11:25 > 1:11:27And what about the skyscrapers?
1:11:27 > 1:11:28Ah, but that's Manhattan.
1:11:28 > 1:11:31I live in Brooklyn and I work in Brooklyn
1:11:31 > 1:11:33and, if I go out, I go out in Brooklyn.
1:11:33 > 1:11:35All the skyscrapers are across the river.
1:11:35 > 1:11:37You don't make it sound very glamorous.
1:11:37 > 1:11:38It's not, really.
1:11:38 > 1:11:41Not even, what do you call it, the department store where you work?
1:11:41 > 1:11:44Oh, Bartocci's? Well, it sells lovely things.
1:11:44 > 1:11:47But I can't afford many of them and I don't like the work, so...
1:11:47 > 1:11:50What would you like to do?
1:11:50 > 1:11:51I want to do what Rose did.
1:11:51 > 1:11:54I want to work in an office and deal with numbers.
1:11:54 > 1:11:55Well, you should call in at Davis's.
1:11:55 > 1:11:58They haven't managed to replace Rose, you know.
1:11:58 > 1:12:00I'll be going back to New York straight after the wedding.
1:12:00 > 1:12:03But you might want to earn a little money in the meantime.
1:12:03 > 1:12:05I'm sure they'd be glad to have you.
1:12:05 > 1:12:07You just want her to stay.
1:12:09 > 1:12:11I'm only thinking of Eilis.
1:12:11 > 1:12:13Do you hear that, Eilis? He's only thinking of you.
1:12:21 > 1:12:24That's it, that's it. Remember, Mrs Grogan didn't notice a thing.
1:12:30 > 1:12:31- Goodnight.- Goodnight.- See you.
1:12:50 > 1:12:52How was your evening?
1:12:52 > 1:12:54It was very nice, thank you.
1:12:54 > 1:12:57Was that Jim Farrell I saw in the car with them?
1:12:57 > 1:12:59It was.
1:12:59 > 1:13:01His parents are moving, you know. They're retiring to the country.
1:13:01 > 1:13:03He'll be in that big house on his own.
1:13:03 > 1:13:06- Is that right? - Hmm.
1:13:06 > 1:13:08He's a catch for someone.
1:13:10 > 1:13:11Goodnight, Mammy.
1:13:23 > 1:13:25- Hello, Eilis. - Hello, Mrs Brennan.
1:13:25 > 1:13:27Quite the star.
1:13:34 > 1:13:36- Thank goodness you're back. - What's the matter?
1:13:36 > 1:13:37A lad from Davis's came round.
1:13:37 > 1:13:39They have a problem in their accounts department.
1:13:39 > 1:13:41They need you up there straightaway.
1:13:41 > 1:13:43- Is that all? I'll just put the shopping away.- No, no, leave it.
1:13:43 > 1:13:45Straight away, the young fella said.
1:13:45 > 1:13:47It doesn't matter what he said, Mother.
1:13:47 > 1:13:49I'm not an employee. I'd be doing them a favour.
1:13:49 > 1:13:50Please, let me do the shopping.
1:13:59 > 1:14:01The problem is that it's our busy season,
1:14:01 > 1:14:04so all the mill workers and drivers did overtime last week.
1:14:04 > 1:14:07Well, they filled out the overtime slips,
1:14:07 > 1:14:09but there's been nobody here to work it all out
1:14:09 > 1:14:11and to add to the wage slips,
1:14:11 > 1:14:14and some of the men have started to complain, and I can't blame them.
1:14:14 > 1:14:16As you can see, it's all a terrible mess.
1:14:19 > 1:14:22Well, if you leave me for a couple of hours,
1:14:22 > 1:14:24I can work out a system so that whoever comes in after me
1:14:24 > 1:14:26won't have any trouble.
1:14:35 > 1:14:36Hello, Eilis.
1:14:36 > 1:14:39Maria has been telling me you've done the most marvellous job here.
1:14:39 > 1:14:42- Thank you.- We should have known you would, of course.
1:14:42 > 1:14:43You're Rose's sister, after all.
1:14:43 > 1:14:46I'm told you have a certificate in book-keeping.
1:14:46 > 1:14:47Is it American book-keeping?
1:14:47 > 1:14:48I got the certificate in America,
1:14:48 > 1:14:51but the two systems are very similar.
1:14:51 > 1:14:53Well, we'll certainly need someone to deal with wages and so on
1:14:53 > 1:14:55during the busy season.
1:14:55 > 1:14:58So I'd like you to continue on a part-time basis.
1:14:58 > 1:15:00Let's see how that goes and then we'll speak again.
1:15:00 > 1:15:03I'll be going back to the United States soon.
1:15:03 > 1:15:04As I say, let's you and I speak again
1:15:04 > 1:15:07before we make any firm decisions one way or the other.
1:15:09 > 1:15:12Yes, Mr Brown. Of course. Thank you.
1:15:12 > 1:15:15Now, if you go and see Maria, she'll have your money for today.
1:16:15 > 1:16:17I'd forgotten.
1:16:17 > 1:16:19What?
1:16:19 > 1:16:21This.
1:16:23 > 1:16:25You have beaches in Brooklyn.
1:16:25 > 1:16:28Yes, but they're just very crowded.
1:16:28 > 1:16:32There'll probably be quite a few walkers along here later.
1:16:32 > 1:16:34Yes.
1:16:34 > 1:16:36It's still not the same.
1:16:37 > 1:16:39I'm sure it's not.
1:16:40 > 1:16:44We don't really know anything of the rest of the world.
1:16:44 > 1:16:47We must seem very backward to you now.
1:16:47 > 1:16:48Of course not.
1:16:48 > 1:16:51You seem calm and civilised, and charming.
1:16:58 > 1:17:00Come on!
1:17:07 > 1:17:08My mother wanted you to know
1:17:08 > 1:17:11that the golf club is inaugurating a prize in Rose's name.
1:17:14 > 1:17:15A special trophy for the best score
1:17:15 > 1:17:18by a lady newcomer at the club.
1:17:19 > 1:17:21She was always very nice to the newcomers, my mother says.
1:17:25 > 1:17:26I hope you're pleased.
1:17:29 > 1:17:30Yes.
1:17:31 > 1:17:33Of course.
1:17:35 > 1:17:40So, every year, someone will win the Rose Lacey Trophy?
1:17:41 > 1:17:43Yeah, every year,
1:17:43 > 1:17:45as long as there's a golf club.
1:17:49 > 1:17:53And I think she'd like you to come along
1:17:53 > 1:17:55and present it to the first winner.
1:17:58 > 1:18:01Yeah, and my mother would like to meet you too, by the way.
1:18:03 > 1:18:06I'm supposed to arrange a time when you can come around for tea.
1:18:07 > 1:18:09Thank you. I'd like that.
1:18:14 > 1:18:18I wish it had been like this before I went.
1:18:18 > 1:18:19Before Rose died.
1:18:20 > 1:18:22Like what?
1:18:23 > 1:18:25There was nothing here for me before
1:18:25 > 1:18:27and now I have a job and...
1:18:28 > 1:18:30Here?
1:18:44 > 1:18:45Is that an American trick?
1:18:45 > 1:18:47Yes. It's a good one, isn't it?
1:18:49 > 1:18:50It's depressing, though,
1:18:50 > 1:18:52that we don't think of things like that, isn't it?
1:18:52 > 1:18:55I mean, how long have they known about it?
1:18:55 > 1:18:57100 years, probably.
1:18:57 > 1:19:01I don't think they had bathing suits like that 100 years ago.
1:19:01 > 1:19:03We still don't have them now.
1:19:06 > 1:19:08Well, come on.
1:19:15 > 1:19:17You want to go see the Dodgers on Saturday?
1:19:17 > 1:19:19- Sure.- OK.
1:19:19 > 1:19:22- Will you do something for me? - What?
1:19:22 > 1:19:25If you laugh or you say anything about this to anybody in the family,
1:19:25 > 1:19:27you don't get to go see the Dodgers on Saturday
1:19:27 > 1:19:29or any other day of the season.
1:19:29 > 1:19:31Also you get a beating.
1:19:31 > 1:19:33Maybe it's just better if I don't get involved.
1:19:33 > 1:19:35I really need your help, Frankie.
1:19:35 > 1:19:38You know you're the best writer and reader in the family?
1:19:38 > 1:19:40- Yeah.- I'm trying to write to Eilis.
1:19:40 > 1:19:42And I want it to be... I don't know.
1:19:42 > 1:19:45You've wrote before already, about five times.
1:19:45 > 1:19:48Yeah, but they're no good, Frankie, and...
1:19:50 > 1:19:53She's only written back once.
1:19:53 > 1:19:54She's never read my writing before.
1:19:54 > 1:19:57I'm worried I'm putting her off me.
1:19:57 > 1:19:59Listen, I'm eight years old.
1:19:59 > 1:20:01I don't know anything about kissing.
1:20:01 > 1:20:03You don't need to know anything about kissing.
1:20:03 > 1:20:06You need to know about spelling and... And...
1:20:06 > 1:20:09- Grammar.- Yeah. Will you look?
1:20:18 > 1:20:19"Dear Eilis.
1:20:19 > 1:20:22"I hope that you are doing well in Ireland.
1:20:22 > 1:20:26"I hope that your mother's feeling less sad.
1:20:26 > 1:20:30It will not be long before your friend gets married
1:20:30 > 1:20:31"and you can come home.
1:20:34 > 1:20:37"This week, it's like the whole world's basements are flooding.
1:20:37 > 1:20:39"I've fixed three.
1:20:40 > 1:20:44"I've been working hard. I've been saving money.
1:20:44 > 1:20:47"Everybody asks me about you all the time."
1:20:47 > 1:20:49You missed out an "E," I think.
1:20:49 > 1:20:51It's "everybody."
1:20:53 > 1:20:55"Anyway, I think that is all my news.
1:20:55 > 1:20:59"Mum and Dad and all my brothers, they all say hello.
1:20:59 > 1:21:03"I think about you most minutes of most days.
1:21:04 > 1:21:07"Even when I go see the Dodgers,
1:21:07 > 1:21:09"I do not concentrate on the games.
1:21:10 > 1:21:13"With love, your Tony."
1:22:09 > 1:22:11No hair oil.
1:22:11 > 1:22:13And that's not a blazer. It's a sports jacket.
1:22:13 > 1:22:15Have you come out in disguise, Jim Farrell?
1:22:15 > 1:22:17Are you trying to trick me?
1:22:18 > 1:22:22No. I knew what you meant when you said we were all the same.
1:22:23 > 1:22:26It made me think that my life must seem very easy to you.
1:22:26 > 1:22:27I run my father's bar.
1:22:27 > 1:22:30I'm going to live in my parents' house.
1:22:30 > 1:22:33I know what that must look like from the outside, but...
1:22:34 > 1:22:36..it doesn't feel like that.
1:22:37 > 1:22:39What does it feel like?
1:22:43 > 1:22:44And I've never been anywhere.
1:22:44 > 1:22:46I've never even been to England
1:22:46 > 1:22:50but I'd like to see London and Paris, and Rome.
1:22:50 > 1:22:51New York.
1:22:51 > 1:22:55It frightens me, the idea of dying without ever leaving Ireland.
1:22:55 > 1:22:57And there are other things, too.
1:22:58 > 1:23:01I'm so sorry, I wanted to ask you a thousand things
1:23:01 > 1:23:03and all I've done is talked.
1:23:03 > 1:23:05I'm glad.
1:23:05 > 1:23:07- Really?- Yes.
1:23:09 > 1:23:11Will you finish that wretched pipe and sit with us?
1:23:11 > 1:23:13I can hear perfectly well from where I am.
1:23:13 > 1:23:16We're not here to provide you with entertainment.
1:23:16 > 1:23:18Oh, don't you worry. I found that out many years ago.
1:23:18 > 1:23:20Just ignore him, Eilis.
1:23:20 > 1:23:22It's as well Jim takes after me, not him.
1:23:22 > 1:23:23Speak up.
1:23:23 > 1:23:25Are you looking forward to your move?
1:23:25 > 1:23:28Aye. We'll miss Enniscorthy, but it's lovely and quiet in Glenbrien.
1:23:28 > 1:23:31Mother's worried about leaving me here on me own.
1:23:31 > 1:23:32She thinks I'll destroy the place.
1:23:32 > 1:23:34Well, I'm hoping you won't be on your own forever.
1:23:34 > 1:23:36I'm sure he won't.
1:23:36 > 1:23:38I mean...
1:23:41 > 1:23:43God, aren't we blessed with this weather?
1:23:43 > 1:23:44It's lovely.
1:23:44 > 1:23:47The summers in New York are hot, eh?
1:23:48 > 1:23:50They can be, yes.
1:23:50 > 1:23:52It can get quite humid sometimes.
1:23:58 > 1:24:01"Dear Tony.
1:24:01 > 1:24:04"Thank you for your letters.
1:24:04 > 1:24:06"I want you to know that..."
1:24:08 > 1:24:11I don't know what I want you to know.
1:24:24 > 1:24:26I don't want to be sitting right at the back.
1:24:26 > 1:24:28We'll make sure you get the best seats in the house.
1:24:28 > 1:24:32But it wouldn't feel right sitting up there with Nancy and George.
1:24:32 > 1:24:35We'll find the second best seats in the house, then.
1:24:37 > 1:24:38Would you like me to run ahead
1:24:38 > 1:24:40and save you a couple of places, Mrs Lacey?
1:24:40 > 1:24:42Would you mind, Jim? That'd be grand.
1:24:46 > 1:24:48- Such a gentleman, isn't he? - He is.
1:24:49 > 1:24:52Came along at just the right time for us.
1:24:54 > 1:24:56I invite you now, Nancy,
1:24:56 > 1:24:59to declare before God and his Church
1:24:59 > 1:25:02your consent to become George's wife.
1:25:04 > 1:25:09I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad,
1:25:09 > 1:25:11in sickness and in health.
1:25:11 > 1:25:16I will love you and honour you all the days of my life.
1:25:18 > 1:25:20The rings.
1:25:24 > 1:25:27Lord, bless these rings.
1:25:27 > 1:25:29Grant that those who wear them
1:25:29 > 1:25:33may always be faithful to each other.
1:25:33 > 1:25:34May they do your will
1:25:34 > 1:25:38and live in peace with you in mutual love.
1:25:38 > 1:25:42We ask this through Christ, our Lord, amen.
1:25:42 > 1:25:45ALL: Amen.
1:25:52 > 1:25:54Your mother tells me things are working out very well
1:25:54 > 1:25:56for you in Enniscorthy, Eilis.
1:25:57 > 1:25:59It was a lovely service.
1:25:59 > 1:26:03And Mr and Mrs Farrell are moving out to Glenbrien,
1:26:03 > 1:26:06- so Jim'll...- Yes, I know.
1:26:06 > 1:26:10Jim and I promised my mother we'd take her back to the car.
1:26:10 > 1:26:13Mmm! Do you hear that? "Jim and I. Jim and I."
1:26:13 > 1:26:15It won't be long now by the sound of it
1:26:15 > 1:26:19and your mother will have a wonderful day out.
1:26:19 > 1:26:20Will you excuse me?
1:26:20 > 1:26:22There they are.
1:26:22 > 1:26:24- Hello, Mrs Byrne. How are you?- Jack.
1:26:30 > 1:26:32Can we talk?
1:26:33 > 1:26:35What about?
1:26:37 > 1:26:39The future.
1:26:39 > 1:26:44I can't let you just go back to America without saying anything.
1:26:44 > 1:26:47I'd regret it for the rest of my life.
1:26:48 > 1:26:51So...
1:26:51 > 1:26:53I don't want you to go.
1:26:53 > 1:26:57I want you to stay here with me.
1:26:59 > 1:27:01And I know that means asking you another question...
1:27:02 > 1:27:05..but I don't want to bombard you.
1:27:07 > 1:27:09So, I'll save that one for later.
1:27:15 > 1:27:17Thank you.
1:27:20 > 1:27:22I'm grateful.
1:27:22 > 1:27:23And I'm flattered.
1:27:26 > 1:27:28- That's all?- No.
1:27:29 > 1:27:31No, of course not.
1:27:36 > 1:27:38I just...
1:27:40 > 1:27:44I'd imagined a different life for myself.
1:27:44 > 1:27:47I understand.
1:27:47 > 1:27:50But your life here could be just as good.
1:27:50 > 1:27:53Better even, maybe.
1:28:32 > 1:28:34Mary.
1:28:34 > 1:28:36- I was just coming to fetch you. - To fetch me?
1:28:36 > 1:28:39I haven't worked for Miss Kelly for a long time, Mary.
1:28:39 > 1:28:41Please come, Eilis.
1:28:41 > 1:28:43She told me not to come back without you.
1:28:43 > 1:28:45You know what she's like.
1:28:54 > 1:28:55You look after things for five minutes
1:28:55 > 1:28:58while I'm upstairs with Eilis, please, Mary.
1:28:58 > 1:29:00There are no customers in there at the moment,
1:29:00 > 1:29:03so I don't think you can make too much of a mess of things.
1:29:22 > 1:29:25So, how have you been getting on?
1:29:26 > 1:29:28Very well, thanks, Miss Kelly.
1:29:28 > 1:29:31I heard that you're working over in Davis's,
1:29:31 > 1:29:33in the accounts department.
1:29:33 > 1:29:34That's right.
1:29:34 > 1:29:37And there's lots of talk about you and young Jim Farrell.
1:29:37 > 1:29:41Oh, well, you know what people are like. They love to talk.
1:29:41 > 1:29:42Yes.
1:29:43 > 1:29:45Do you remember Mrs Brady?
1:29:48 > 1:29:51She usually comes into the shop on Sunday morning for her rashers.
1:29:53 > 1:29:55No?
1:29:55 > 1:29:58Well, you have a very busy life now,
1:29:58 > 1:30:01what with one thing and another.
1:30:01 > 1:30:05Anyway, Mrs Brady has a niece living in Brooklyn.
1:30:09 > 1:30:12The world is a small place, isn't it?
1:30:13 > 1:30:15She had a letter from her a couple of weeks back.
1:30:18 > 1:30:20And what did it say?
1:30:20 > 1:30:23Oh, only that she'd been to a wedding
1:30:23 > 1:30:25at the city hall
1:30:25 > 1:30:29and her husband bumped into a girl from Enniscorthy
1:30:29 > 1:30:31who was getting married there.
1:30:34 > 1:30:36I'm not sure what you're telling me, Miss Kelly.
1:30:36 > 1:30:38He didn't bump into me.
1:30:38 > 1:30:40Oh, you can't fool me, Miss Lacey.
1:30:42 > 1:30:47Although I'm not sure that that's your name any longer, is it?
1:30:47 > 1:30:49He couldn't remember.
1:30:49 > 1:30:51Something Italian, he thought.
1:30:59 > 1:31:00I'd forgotten.
1:31:00 > 1:31:03You'd forgotten? What a thing...
1:31:03 > 1:31:05I'd forgotten what this town is like.
1:31:10 > 1:31:13What were you planning to do, Miss Kelly?
1:31:13 > 1:31:15Keep me away from Jim?
1:31:17 > 1:31:19Stop me from going back to America?
1:31:21 > 1:31:23Perhaps you didn't even know.
1:31:30 > 1:31:34My name is Eilis Fiorello.
1:32:04 > 1:32:06PHONE RINGS
1:32:06 > 1:32:08- Putting you through now. - Thank you.
1:32:08 > 1:32:12- How can I help?- Hello. I'd like to make a reservation
1:32:12 > 1:32:15for the next available sailing from Cobh to New York.
1:32:15 > 1:32:17I think people spend even more money after a wedding.
1:32:17 > 1:32:20Nancy's mother must have been in every shop in the town.
1:32:20 > 1:32:22She was buying firelighters in Broom's.
1:32:22 > 1:32:23Firelighters in August.
1:32:23 > 1:32:26But she'd seen Mrs Stapleton in there and she hadn't had a chance
1:32:26 > 1:32:29to go through the whole day in detail with her...
1:32:30 > 1:32:32Eilis, what's the matter?
1:32:32 > 1:32:35Has something happened with Jim?
1:32:35 > 1:32:36SOBBING: Mammy, I'm sorry.
1:32:38 > 1:32:39I'm so sorry.
1:32:41 > 1:32:43I'm married.
1:32:43 > 1:32:46I got married in Brooklyn before I came home.
1:32:46 > 1:32:48And I should have told you.
1:32:48 > 1:32:50I should have told you as soon as I got back.
1:32:55 > 1:32:57I want to be with him.
1:32:59 > 1:33:01I want to be with my husband.
1:33:04 > 1:33:05Of course.
1:33:08 > 1:33:09Is he nice?
1:33:11 > 1:33:12Yes.
1:33:12 > 1:33:14He'd have to be nice if you married him.
1:33:17 > 1:33:19So you're going back?
1:33:20 > 1:33:22Yes.
1:33:22 > 1:33:24Tomorrow.
1:33:27 > 1:33:28Are you on the early train?
1:33:34 > 1:33:36I'm going to bed.
1:33:36 > 1:33:39Mammy, it's not even eight o'clock. You don't have to.
1:33:39 > 1:33:42I'm very tired.
1:33:42 > 1:33:44And I'd like to say goodbye now.
1:33:47 > 1:33:48And only once.
1:34:21 > 1:34:23Perhaps you'll write and tell me about him.
1:34:23 > 1:34:26I will.
1:34:26 > 1:34:27Goodnight, Eilis.
1:36:38 > 1:36:40So, are you away to live in America?
1:36:41 > 1:36:43No.
1:36:43 > 1:36:45Just visiting?
1:36:45 > 1:36:47No, I live there already.
1:36:47 > 1:36:49Really?
1:36:49 > 1:36:52What's it like?
1:36:52 > 1:36:53It's a big place.
1:36:55 > 1:36:58I'm going to live in Brooklyn, New York.
1:36:58 > 1:36:59Do you know it?
1:37:01 > 1:37:02Yes.
1:37:04 > 1:37:07People say that there are so many Irish people there,
1:37:07 > 1:37:08it's like home.
1:37:12 > 1:37:14Is that right?
1:37:18 > 1:37:20Yes.
1:37:20 > 1:37:21It's just like home.
1:37:34 > 1:37:35You're not to eat.
1:37:36 > 1:37:39But I might be there years.
1:37:39 > 1:37:40No, you can eat when you get there.
1:37:40 > 1:37:41Don't eat on the boat.
1:37:41 > 1:37:43It'll stop you getting so sick.
1:37:43 > 1:37:45- Do you promise me?- I promise.
1:37:45 > 1:37:48And, in a moment, I want you to go straight down to your cabin
1:37:48 > 1:37:50and lock the bathroom door on your side.
1:37:50 > 1:37:53When next door starts hammering, you can negotiate.
1:37:54 > 1:37:58When you get to immigration, keep your eyes wide open.
1:37:58 > 1:38:00Look as if you know where you're going.
1:38:00 > 1:38:01You have to think like an American.
1:38:04 > 1:38:08You'll feel so homesick that you'll want to die
1:38:08 > 1:38:12and there's nothing you can do about it apart from endure it.
1:38:12 > 1:38:15But you will, and it won't kill you.
1:38:29 > 1:38:32And one day, the sun will come out.
1:38:32 > 1:38:35You might not even notice straightaway,
1:38:35 > 1:38:36it'll be that faint.
1:38:36 > 1:38:40And then you'll catch yourself thinking about something or someone
1:38:40 > 1:38:42who has no connection with the past...
1:38:44 > 1:38:46..someone who's only yours...
1:38:48 > 1:38:49..and you'll realise...
1:38:52 > 1:38:54..that this is where your life is.