She gave a voice to his words and fire to his passion.
In 1904, in Dublin, James Joyce chats up Nora Barnacle, a hotel maid recently come from Galway. She enchants him with her frank, direct and uninhibited manner, and before long, he's convinced her to come with him to Trieste, where he has a job with Berlitz. Over time, Nora pulls him through phobias, tolerates his drinking, takes in his brother Stan, and bests Joyce at 'the writin' game' to bring him back to Italy from Dublin where he's gone to open a cinema. But his sexual jealousy threatens the relationship and sends her back to Galway with the children. Is there any way to tame Jim's green-eyed monster? And, will the lad ever get his stories published?
Pat Murphy
Director
Ewan McGregor
James Joyce
Susan Lynch
Nora Barnacle
Andrew Scott
Michael Bodkin
Peter McDonald
Stanislaus Joyce
Roberto Citran
Roberto Prezioso
Vinnie McCabe
Uncle Tommy
Veronica Duffy
Annie Barnacle
Pauline McLynn
Miss Kennedy
Aedin Moloney
Eva Joyce
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Northfork59%
Goal II: Living the Dream60%
All Together Now67%
TalhotBlond63%
The River64%
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Small Things Like These66%
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Stillwater66%
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Sky62%
The Visit72%
The Words66%
