That They May Face the Rising Sun

BBFC RatingThat They May Face the Rising Sun

Showing: 26 December 2024 until 27 December 2024

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Thu 26 Dec 2024
Fri 27 Dec 2024

Certificate15
Year2023
GenreDrama
Director(s)Pat Collins
Writer(s)Eamon Little, Pat Collins
LanguageEnglish
CountryIreland, UK
Running Time1HR 47MINS
SeasonMain Programme
Closed Captioning Descriptive Subtitles screening on Fri 27 Dec at 10.50am

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.