THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN
Sunday, March 3 • 2:00 PM • T2
Dramatic Feature | East Coast Premiere | Adapted Screenplay | Woman Co-Producer
Generously sponsored by Andrew Clarke and Chip Sherrill
Based on Irish author John McGahern's final award-winning novel, this is a vivid evocation of nature, humanity and life itself, set in rural 1980s Ireland following Joe and Kate Ruttledge as they return from London to the remote lakeside idyll where Joe grew up. Centering on their lives over the course of a year, director Pat Collins (SONG OF GRANITE) has crafted a meditative and delicate exploration of rituals and community, where the landscape plays its own unique and arresting role.
Credits
Director: Pat Collins
Screenwriters: Pat Collins and Eamonn Little
Producers: Tina O'Reilly and Brendan J. Byrne
Cast: Barry Ward, Anna Bederke, Philip Dolan, Brendan Conroy, John Olohan, Ruthe McCabe, Lalor Roddy, Seán McGinley, Declan Conlon, Lola Mae McCormack, Patrick Ryan, Catherine Byrne, Breda Herlihy, Dearbhle Crotty
Ireland/UK, 2023, color, 107 min. NOT RATED.
Reviews
"A lyrical, loving celebration of the everyday... beautifully realised and quietly beguiling... an Irish feature that shares some of the sensitive qualities of Colm Bairead’s The Quiet Girl (2022)." -Allan Hunter, ScreenDaily, October 8th, 2023
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Since 1998, Pat Collins has made over 30 films. His last feature, THE DANCE, received its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival 2021 and was the Gala Screening at Cork Film Festival 2021.The Irish Times has listed his films SILENCE and SONG OF GRANITE in the top twenty ‘Best Irish films of all time’. He has made films on the writer John McGahern, the poets Michael Hartnett and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, the singer Thomas McCarthy and the Connemara based writer and cartographer Tim Robinson. He has directed political feature essay films WHAT WE LEAVE IN OUR WAKE (2009) and LIVING IN A CODED LAND (2014) and his short experimental work has screened at numerous Irish and international film festivals, and many galleries including the ICA London, Galway Arts Festival, The Visual Carlow and Crawford Art Gallery.
