In 1935, the McCourts, not having taken root in the dishevelled American society, return to their native Ireland. In the cramped and damp little apartment, the mother of six-year-old Frankie is gradually disappointing with her own husband. And the boy himself does not yet guess what burden he will have to take on his shoulders, as now he is busy playing children's games, education, and movies, and in his heart, a light of hope for a new meeting with the majestic Statue of Liberty smolders.