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Nora [2000]
from Momentum Pictures
starring Ewan McGregor, Susan Lynch, Andrew Scott, Vinnie McCabe, Veronica Duffy
directed by Pat Murphy

Features:

• PAL
• Widescreen

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• A creative approach to creativity
  This beautiful period piece attempts the difficult task of comprehending, and then portraying on the screen, nothing less that the creative process.
  James Joyce (Ewan McGregor) met Nora Barnacle (Susan Lynch) in 1904 when she was a maid in a Dublin Hotel, and the attraction was immediate and mutual. Joyce is said to be a writer who lived what he wrote, and Barnacle, throughout their volcanic relationship, was as much muse as lover. But at what point does a writer's obsessions, fears and jealousy cause... more info

• Not even heroic
  Because the costumes, sets and actors in this film are so attractive you might be forgiven for expecting Nora to be good. It's not. Nora is a failure and not even a heroic one. It starts off well enough with the young James Joyce (Ewan McGregor) meeting the love of his life, Nora Barnacle, (Susan Lynch) on a Dublin Street in 1904. The film moves at a pace and seems to be gathering momentum when the young couple head off to Trieste and the narrative grinds to a virtual halt. And people talk not very good... more info

• A GENIUS AND HIS MUSE
  James Joyce (Ewan McGregor) as a young university student finds his spiritual and sexual equal and partner in life in Nora Barnacle (Susan Lynch). Although the class difference is obvious to all but the pair, they fall in love against the advice of his friends who lust after Nora. Joyce convinces Nora to join him in Italy where he has a teaching position. The two begin their lives together living beyond their means, dressing fashionably, and fighting while raising children. Nora is anything but a quiet... more info

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