That They May Face The Rising Sun (15)

Ireland | 2023 | 107’ | 15 | Pat Collins | Barry Ward, Anna Bederke

Joe and Kate have returned from London to live and work in a small, close-knit community in rural Ireland, close to where Joe grew up. He’s a writer, she’s an artist and photographer who retains part ownership of a London gallery. Now embedded in a remote lakeside setting, the drama of a year in their lives and those of their neighbours unfolds through the rituals of work, play and the passing seasons. A delicate, meditative exploration of rural community bonds and the question of how best to live, this is a quietly stunning adaptation of the last novel by John McGahern, set in the 1980s and filmed on the shore of Loch Na Fooey in Galway.