It is love at first sight when raffish young writer James Joyce (McGregor) meets the simple barmaid Nora Barnacle (Lynch) for the first time. The couple leave Ireland and set up home in Trieste where their passionate and tempestuous life together begins. Joyce is tormented by a fear that his work will never be published, but, Nora’s simplicity and humor anchor his instability and the couple’s relationship is bonded by a direct, deep sexual love.
Set in 1904 in Dublin, Ireland.
Pat Murphy and co-writer Gerard Stembridge adapted their script from Brenda Maddox’s well-received biography of Nora Barnacle, the spirited servant girl who became the lifelong lover, muse and ego wrangler of Irish author James Joyce. “Nora” dramatizes the often stormy relationship between the two strong-willed individuals as rife with petty jealousies, prideful conflicts and harsh betrayals. – Variety
Starring Ewan McGregor, Susan Lynch, Andrew Scott, Vinnie McCabe, Veronica Duffy.
Rated R.