We are delighted to invite you a screening of “That They May Face the Rising Sun”, a 2023 movie adaptation of the acclaimed novel by one of Ireland’s best known and loved writers, John McGahern.  

In the story, Joe and Kate return from London to live and work in a small lakeside community in Co. Leitrim and everyday life plays out lyrically.  

When:  Thursday, 14 November @ 6 p.m.  

Where: Coral Gables Art Cinema  

Registration is essential and spaces are limited so it’s first come, first served. Tickets are limited to two per invitee.  

All the details of the event and the link to register are contained here.  

Our friend, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter, Sarah Packiam, has agreed to sing a couple of songs on the night, which will be a wonderful treat. 

Kind regards,

Sarah

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.

Notes by David O’Mahony at the Irish Film Institute