An adaptation of the final novel from John McGahern, one of Ireland’s greatest writers, That They May Face The Rising Sun is a lyrical celebration of the everyday. Joe (Barry Ward) and Kate Ruttledge (Anna Bederke) have returned from London to live and work among a small lakeside community near to where Joe grew up. Now deeply embedded in the life around the lake, the drama of a year in their lives and those of the memorable characters that move about them unfolds through the rituals of work, play and the passing seasons. In passages of great beauty and truth, Pat Collins, in his second feature film following several acclaimed documentaries, sensitively interprets McGahern’s work, drawing out the novel’s deceptive simplicity, and transforming an enclosed world into an everywhere.

This preview screening on Thursday 25th at 18.30 will be followed by a Q&A with Pat Collins.

Tickets for our Wild Strawberries over 55s film club screenings will be on sale here from Wednesday March 27th.

Tickets for all other screenings will be on sale here from Monday April 22nd.

Notes by David O’Mahony