That They May Face The Rising Sun

2024 Drama | Other
76%

Joe and Kate Ruttledge, an Irish couple living in London in the early 1980s, decide to return to the lakeside community where Joe grew up. They embrace a simpler form of life and a greater sense of community as sweeping social and technological changes occur across the world. Drama based on John McGahern's novel, starring Barry Ward and Anna Bederke

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by Brian Lloyd
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'That They May Face the Rising Sun' is beautiful, heartfelt, and understated

Joe, a celebrated author, (Barry Ward) and his wife, Kate, a visual artist (Anna Bederke) have returned from London to his family farm and have embedded themselves with the local rural community and its cast of characters (Lalor Roddy, Brendan Conroy, Phillip Dolan). Through the course of a year, Joe and Kate witness the comings and goings of life from their farm, from old friends returning from abroad to changes in their own lives and careers...

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