That They May Face The Rising Sun
Directed by: Pat Collins
With: Barry Ward, Anna Bederke, Ruth McCabe
Joe and Kate live the good life in a corner of Ireland where Joe grew up. He writes, she is a photographer. Creative days blend with tending to the beehives, growing vegetables, and welcoming any neighbor who wishes to drop by for a chat, have a cup of tea, or seek advice. There seems to be no serpent in this Eden, but as we witness the changing seasons and interactions between Joe, Kate, and the locals, underlying conflicts begin to emerge.
Press
“John McGahern’s (1934-2006) ultimate work, a great master of Irish literature, this judiciously reissued novel sounds, twenty years later, like a poignant homage to a bygone Ireland. One of a dying rural culture, of vanishing traditions. The days pass, bringing “the sensation, akin to an underground river, that a day would come when the memory of these days would be that of happy times.”
Vincent Remy, regarding “Amongst Women” by John McGahern, Télérama
Credits
- Pat Collins Director(s)
- Pat Collins, Eamon Little, John McGahern Screenwriter(s)
- Richard Kendrick Director(s) of Photography
- Tom Carter, Mark Henry, Paul Maynes, Luke McGinley Sound design
- Keith Walsh Editing
- Irène Buckley, Linda Buckley Original Music
- John Brennan, Wayne Brooks Sound mixing
- Cyprus Avenue Films, Harvest Films, South Wind Blows Production(s)
- Tina O’Reilly, Brendan Byrne, Grainne Carroll, Padraig O'Neill Producer(s)