That They May Face the Rising Sun

October 298:30pm
Post Film Q&A with Prof Lance Pettitt, author of Screening Ireland and The Last Bohemian: Brian Desmond Hurst, Irish Film, British Cinema.  In association with Wimbledon Bookfest. 
Please note that the Curzon Wimbledon lift is currently out of action.

Director Pat Collins is one of Ireland’s most thoughtful and prolific filmmakers, known for his many documentaries as well as for features such as Silence and Song of Granite. His work invites the viewer to slow down, pay attention to and relish ordinary everyday life; creating a meditative tone which infuses this beautiful film, which receives its Wimbledon premiere at WFC tonight.

Portraying a year in the now-past life of an early 1980s rural Irish community, it is adapted from the 2002 novel, and final work, by John McGahern: described on his death in 2006 as “arguably the most important Irish novelist since Samuel Beckett”.

Collins’ documentaries include John McGahern: a Private World and his feeling for McGahern’s work shines through this sensitive and moving literary adaptation. He has created a successful work in its own right, recognised as film of the year at the Irish Film Awards, and a slow burn sleeper hit in community cinemas across Ireland and the UK.

Lyrical, loving celebration of the everyday … beautifully realised and quietly beguilingScreen International

Reminds us to live as best we can, while we canBusiness Post


Film Information
Release year: 2023
Running time:   111 mins
Directed by: Pat Collins
Language: English
Country: Ireland
Classification:
Genre: Drama
Starring: Barry Ward,
Anna Bederke,
Ruth McCabe,
Lalor Roddy,
Seán McGinley
Awards: Irish Film and Television Awards 2024 Best Film
More info:

IMDb
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WFC Audience Score:  78%

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Q&A with Prof Lance Pettitt

Prof Lance Pettitt and guest


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