In a time when women were expected to conform, Nora (Susan Lynch), a spirited young woman from Galway, has her world changed when she meets raffish young writer James Joyce (Ewan McGregor). Persuading him to start a future together away from Dublin, the couple travel to Trieste, Italy where their passionate and tempestuous life together continues. Joyce is tormented by the fear that his work will never be published but Nora anchors his instabilities and the couple’s relationship is bonded by a deep, sexual love.
Best Actress – Susan Lynch, Italian Oscars 2000
DIRECTOR Pat Murphy
PRODUCERS James Flynn, Tracey Seaward
CAST Ewan McGregor, Susan Lynch, Peter McDonald, Andrew Scott, Kate O’Toole
RUNNING TIME 96 Minutes