That They May Face The Rising Sun
- Tuesday 11 March
- 19h30
- 11,60€ (9,80€ for seniors and demandeurs d’emploi/7,80€ for students/5,90€ under 15 years old)/UGC, CinéPass and CIP cards accepted, reservation recommended
- Les 3 Luxembourg, 67 rue Monsieur le Prince, Paris 6e
VOSTF, 111 mn.
Winner of Best Irish Film at the Dublin International Film Festival and IFTA 2024, this is an equisite adaptation of John McGahern’s final novel of the same name. Director and documentary-maker Pat Collins transposes the work of this great master of Irish prose to the screen with simple, stirring compositions and expertly subtle performances.
Joe (Barry Ward) and Kate (Anna Bederke) have returned to rural Leitrim where Joe grew up. After years in London, they are strangers to the surrounding neighbours, most of whom have never left Ireland nor even the locality. Life is peaceful, their door always open – with a cup of tea at the ready – for anyone dropping in. Nothing happens, but everything happens. The universal rituals of work, play and the passing seasons are punctuated by moments of drama and joy, wakes and get-togethers, set off by the meditative beauty of the countryside.
The best Irish film in a very long time (The Irish Times)
For the second year running, the CCI joins with Tourism Ireland to bring you this screening as part of ‘La Semaine de l’Irlande’, in partnership with Dinard British & Irish Film Festival and the Irish Film Institute International Programme.
