That They May Face the Rising Sun: The best Irish film in a very long time
An Cailín Ciúin fans should start queueing now. Pat Collins has made an exquisite adaptation of John McGahern’s final novel
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An Cailín Ciúin fans should start queueing now. Pat Collins has made an exquisite adaptation of John McGahern’s final novel
Pat Collins approaches John McGahern’s final novel about a couple’s return to rural Ireland with the attentive eye of a documentarian, encouraging viewers to adjust to a slower pace of life along with the film’s protagonists.
It’s only April but I’m already pretty sure what the best Irish film of 2024 will be. Pat Collins’ That They May Face the Rising Sun is so good, so confident in its storytelling and so clear in its intentions that it’s hard to imagine a better homegrown feature appearing before the end of the year.
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