NORA
by Pat Murphy
synopsis
In a time when women were expected to conform, Nora, a spirited young woman from Galway, has her world changed when she meets raffish young writer James Joyce. 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.
international title: | NORA |
original title: | NORA |
country: | Ireland, Italy, Germany |
sales agent: | IAC Films |
year: | 2000 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Pat Murphy |
film run: | 120' |
release date: | IT 16/02/2001, ES 05/10/2001, DE 31/08/2000, UK 19/05/2000 |
screenplay: | Pat Murphy, Gerard Stembridge |
cast: | Ewan McGregor, Susan Lynch, Peter McDonald, Roberto Citran, Ignazio Oliva, Arnoldo Foà |
cinematography by: | Jean-François Robin |
film editing: | Pia Di Ciaula |
art director: | Alain McDonald, Stefano Maria Ortolani |
costumes designer: | Consolata Boyle |
music: | Stanislav Syrevich |
producer: | Gherardo Pagliei, Elisabetta Riga, Tracey Seaward, Damon Bryant, Bradley Adams |
production: | Volta Films, Metropolitan Films, Gam Film, Road Movies Filmproduktion (DE) |
distributor: | Momentum Pictures, Advanced (DE), Lion Pictures (IT), Sherlock Films (ES) |