Nora - The passionate love of James Joyce

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Movie
German title Nora - The passionate love of James Joyce
Original title Nora
Country of production Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Ireland
original language English
Publishing year 2000
length 106 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Pat Murphy
script Pat Murphy
Gerard Stembridge
production Bradley Adams
Damon Bryant
Tracey Seaward
music Stanislas Syrewicz
camera Jean-François Robin
cut Pia Di Ciaula
occupation

Nora - The Passionate Love of James Joyce is a feature film by director Pat Murphy about Nora Barnacle , the partner of James Joyce, from the year 2000 based on the biography "Nora" by Brenda Maddox .

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On June 10, 1904, the life of the young and less than successful Irish writer James Joyce changed . He is walking through Nassau Street in Dublin and meets the fun-loving Nora Barnacle, who had only recently come to the Irish capital from Galway and earns her living as a maid at "Finn's Hotel". Immediately the spark jumps over with the two. Nora is exactly what James wanted. She is honest, affectionate, dominant in a certain sense, and has wit. Six days later, James finally fell for Nora, but marriage is still out of the question at this point. They write letters to each other. James lets Nora's last letter read his friends. But they tell him that she just copied the lines from a book and that she wouldn't love him. Nora is deeply offended when James confronts her with this "fact".

James' works are not well received, so the couple decides to move to Trieste in October of the same year . So that the two of them can even afford this trip, James' younger brother Stanislaus gets some money. Thanks to his mentor Roberto Prezioso, James gets a job at the Berlitz language school in Trieste . But now there is a problem. He only got the job because he said he would come alone. For the time being, he leaves Nora in a park with bags and bags to clear up the new situation. When he finally comes back, it is the middle of the night. Nora is upset that he left her alone for so long. At least James manages to calm her down with the good news. James writes short stories , these are also well received. Finally, Nora becomes pregnant. In James' presence, however, she has the feeling that he is a stranger to her, because often she does not understand half of what he is saying.

Sr. Prezioso and James meet in a cafe. He offers him to write the opera review and James immediately accepts this offer. Together, the gentlemen make their way to James' accommodation. Once there, a surprise awaits him. His son Giorgio was born.

One day Stanislaus comes to Trieste. James now has a serious drinking problem. His brother tries to save him from this swamp. James' book Dubliner can only be published in Italy for a fee. Nobody in this country would be interested in a book about Ireland . All he could do was return to Dublin to speak to his publisher . As a result, James once again looks too deep into the glass. Now Stanislaus is fed up with his brother's alcohol consumption and attitude. When he brings him home, he lets his anger run wild and hits James several times. Shortly afterwards, Stanislaus plans to move out.

The young family is thrown out of the apartment for lack of rent payments. On the same day, James, without this knowledge, quit his job. He returns to Dublin with Giorgio. He wants to open a cinema there. In the meantime, Giorgio has had a sister, Lucia. Stanislaus keeps Nora and her daughter company in their new home. Time goes by and Nora receives a letter from Dublin. James wants to stay there. Everyone would laugh at him for getting involved with a lying woman like you. By influencing his friends, he also doubts his son's paternity. Stanislaus tries to comfort Nora, who is hurt and angry that James believes his friends more than you do.

Eventually James realizes what Nora has given up for him. He writes a letter in which he apologizes to Nora and also informs her that his friends have lied to him. He longs for her. James finally returns to Italy at Nora's request. The family celebrates St. Patrick's Day there . James' siblings Eva and Stanislaus are also guests. At this celebration, Sr. Prezioso begins to worship Nora.

Soon afterwards, Nora was a model for a painter. James brings Sr. Prezioso home and they both watch the artist at work. Nora is not particularly enthusiastic about it. James wants to bring Sr. Prezioso and Nora closer together, so he sends Eva on vacation with the children. He realizes that Sr. Prezioso is infatuated, but doesn't seem to mind. Nora speaks to him about this fact and accuses him of wrapping all of this in his stories and stealing her life. James says she makes him feel like nothing. After this dispute, the waves have calmed down. James wants her to be happy on the condition that she tell him everything openly. The two are walking on a pier . There he asks Nora if something had happened between her and Sr. Prezioso. However, he doesn't believe Nora's negation. When he sees Sr. Prezioso, he freaks out and accuses him publicly, whereupon the world collapses for Sr. Prezioso. Nora cannot see that and runs away.

Nora has drawn a line. So she returns to Ireland with the children. There she speaks to James' publisher to find out why Dubliner has still not been published. It turns out that it has too many dirty things and ambiguities for him. Finally Nora, Giorgio and Lucia arrive in Galway, which Nora's parents are very happy about. One day when the children are playing with their mother on the beach, James turns up there by surprise. For the time being, Nora keeps her distance. He tells her that the printers have smashed the sentence forms and that his book will therefore not be printed. James wants to go back to Italy, but this farewell to Ireland should be forever, and he wants to do it together with Nora. But she shows little interest in it. He tries to win them back by all means. Finally love wins and the family sets off again for Italy.

background

The following companies were involved in the production: GAM , Natural Nylon Entertainment , Road Movies Filmproduktion and Volta Films . The premiere took place on April 6, 2000 at the Dublin Film Festival. It was shown in German cinemas for the first time on June 29, 2000 at the Film Festival in Munich .

Reviews

The lexicon of international films wrote that it was “a film based on a woman's biography that focuses on the search for sexual fulfillment, but is not convincing as an artist portrait or as a marriage study and only fulfills relevant clichés.” Furthermore, the film left the main actors "No development opportunities".

Awards

Cherbourg-Octeville Festival of Irish & British Film 2000

  • Best Actress (Susan Lynch)

Nominated in the category:

  • Best Picture (Pat Murphy)

Irish Film and TV Award 2000

  • Best Actress (Susan Lynch)

Nominated in the categories:

  • Best Actor (Ewan McGregor)
  • Best costume design ( Consolata Boyle )
  • Best Cinematography (Jean-François Robin)
  • Best feature film
  • Best Screenplay (Pat Murphy, Gerard Stembridge)

International Film Festival Karlovy Vary 2000

Nominated in the category:

  • Crystal Globe (Pat Murphy)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nora - The Passionate Love of James Joyce in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed April 14, 2012