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Overview

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Director:

Pat Murphy

Writers:

Brenda Maddox (book)
Pat Murphy (writer)
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Release Date:

21 April 2000 (Ireland) more

Genre:

Drama more

Plot:

In 1904, in Dublin, James Joyce chats up Nora Barnacle, a hotel maid recently come from Galway. She enchants him with her frank... more | add synopsis

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2 wins & 7 nominations more

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fine film about a great writer's beginnings more (24 total)


Cast

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Susan Lynch ... Nora Barnacle
Andrew Scott ... Michael Bodkin
Vinnie McCabe ... Uncle Tommy (as Vincent McCabe)
Veronica Duffy ... Annie Barnacle

Ewan McGregor ... James Joyce
Aedin Moloney ... Eva Joyce
Pauline McLynn ... Miss Kennedy
Neilí Conroy ... Maid
Darragh Kelly ... Cosgrave
Alan Devine ... Gogarty
Peter McDonald ... Stanislaus Joyce
Paul Hickey ... Curran

Kate O'Toole ... Miss Delahunty
Martin Murphy ... George Russell
Karl Scully ... John McCormack
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Nora - Die leidenschaftliche Liebe von James Joyce (Germany)
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MPAA:

Rated R for some strong sexuality and related dialogue.

Runtime:

106 min

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color

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1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

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GAM more


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[After the climax of their first date]
Nora: Do you have a hankie, Mr. Joyce?
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fine film about a great writer's beginnings, 4 February 2005
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Author: esh04676 from United States

I've read some of the comments pro and con already made on this movie and am glad some viewers liked it. I thought it very fine indeed, but agree that some prior knowledge of James Joyce, his life and work, is helpful. Joyce's writing is not a bore, as some of the comments suggest. The story "The Dead," from Joyce's collection "Dubliners," is one of the great short stories in English literature. It is referrd to several times in this film. (Incidentally, "The Dead" has been made into a film also.) The time of the film "Nora", when Joyce was trying to find a publisher for "Dubliners", was well before the writing of his great work, "Ulysses". It was a time when Joyce and Nora Barnacle had a stormy relationship, but nevertheless were deeply in love and had a lusty relationship with each other. This is well depicted in the movie, beginning with their first date, when Nora surprises and delights Joyce with her bold advances. Ewan McGregor and Susan Lynch play these scenes with high professional skill, helping us to really understand the delight these two people had in a physical relationship. Their love is an up and down affair but endures. McGregor is a fine actor who always give 100% in whatever his role may be and in "Nora" he does not disappoint. I was struck by the way he squinted occasionally, just as Joyce must have done with his terrible eyesight, which even in these early years had begun to deteriorate badly. Susan Lynch is new to me and very convincing as the servant girl from the Irish countryside who kept up to the challenges of life with a great intellectual. One objection: I viewed this film on DVD and was unhappy that there are no captions for the hard of hearing--or for those who have trouble with Irish brogues!! There were a couple of the Trieste scenes where Italian conversation did have English language captions. A great relief! But is it really too great an expense for DVD producers to routinely include the caption option?

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