Post-Production - ENGLISH - Drama, Second film, Book adaptation - 108 minutes
Based on internationally acclaimed Irish author John McGahern's award winning novel of the same name, THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN is a vivid evocation of nature, humanity and life itself, set amongst a 1980's rural community in Ireland.
Year of production : 2022 Director(s) : Pat COLLINS Writer(s) : Pat COLLINS, Éamon LITTLE Cast : Barry WARD, Anna BEDERKE, Ruth MCCABE, Lalor RODDY, Sean MCGINLEY, John OLOHAN, Brendan CONROY, Phillip DOLAN Producer(s) : Tina O'REILLY (SOUTH WIND BLOWS LTD), Brendan j. BYRNE (Cyprus Avenue Films)
That They May Face the Rising Sun is an adaptation of the final novel from John McGahern, one of Ireland’s greatest novelists. Joe and Kate Ruttledge have returned from London to live and work among a small, rural, lakeside community in Ireland near to where Joe grew up. Now deeply embedded in the life around the lake, the drama of a year in their lives and those of the memorable characters that move about them unfolds through the rituals of work, play and the passing seasons as this enclosed world becomes an everywhere. That They May Face The Rising Sun is the second full length feature film from Irish auteur director, Pat Collins.
Country(ies) : IRELAND, UNITED KINGDOM
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