Nora
2000, Film, 106 min, Biography, Drama, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 60
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?
Directed by Pat Murphy
Cast
- Ewan McGregor as James Joyce
- Susan Lynch as Nora Barnacle
- Andrew Scott as Michael Bodkin
- Vinnie McCabe as Uncle Tommy
- Veronica Duffy as Annie Barnacle
- Aedin Moloney as Eva Joyce
- Pauline McLynn as Miss Kennedy
- Neilí Conroy as Maid
- Darragh Kelly as Cosgrave
- Alan Devine as Gogarty
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