Directed by:
Pat CollinsScreenplay:
Pat CollinsCinematography:
Richard KendrickComposer:
Linda BuckleyCast:
Barry Ward, Anna Bederke, Ruth McCabe, Lalor Roddy, Sean McGinley, John Olohan, Brendan ConroyPlots(1)
Capturing a year in the life of a rural, lakeside community in late 1970s Ireland, That They May Face The Rising Sun is a sensitive and beautifully realised adaptation of the last novel by John McGahern. Joe (Barry Ward) and Kate (Anna Bederke) have returned from London to live and work in a small, close-knit community in rural Ireland, close to where Joe grew up. He’s a writer, she’s an artist who retains part ownership of a London gallery. Now embedded in a remote lakeside setting, the drama of a year in their lives and those of their neighbours unfolds through the rituals of work, play and the passing seasons. A delicate, meditative exploration of ritual, community bonds, and the question of how best to live. (Conic Films)
(more)Cast
Barry Ward
Ireland
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Anna Bederke
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Ruth McCabe
Best movies:
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Lalor Roddy
UK
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Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Hunger (2008)
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Sean McGinley
Ireland
Best movies:
Braveheart (1995)
The Fall (2013) (series)
Michael Collins (1996)
John Olohan
Best movies:
The Butcher Boy (1997)
War of the Buttons (1994)
Scarlett (1994) (series)
Brendan Conroy
Best movies:
The General (1998)
The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
The Butcher Boy (1997)