Eveline is a young woman that lives in Dublin with her father. Eveline is used to spend a lot of time looking out from the window thinking about her past and her situation. She is frightened because of her father's violence and for that reason she meets her boyfriend, Frank, secretly. As a matter of fact, Frank asks to her to marry him and move to Buenos Ayres and Eveline accepts. But, however her painful memories about the father, she loves her home and the city of Dublin. So, at the end, she decides to stay in Dublin taking care of his abusive father.