John McGahern's last novel coming to cinema in Carrick-on-Shannon

The new film adaptation of John McGahern's final novel, That They May Face the Rising Sun, directed by acclaimed director Pat Collins to be released nationwide on April 25.

That They May Face the Rising Sun film will have a special preview at the Carrick Cineplex on Thursday, April 18, with director Pat Collins and writer Eamonn Little in attendance for Q&A. 

The film had its World Premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, won Best Film at the Dublin International Film Festival, was nominated for 11 Irish Film and Television Awards, and received 5-star reviews from the Irish Times and the Independent, among other rave reviews.

The film captures a year in the life of a rural, lakeside community in Ireland in the 1970s and is an adaptation of the final novel by John McGahern, one of Ireland's greatest novelists. 

Joe and Kate Ruttledge have returned from London to live and work among the small, close-knit community near to where Joe grew up. Now deeply embedded in life around the lake, the drama of a year in their lives and those of the memorable characters around them unfolds through the rituals of work, play and the passing seasons as this enclosed world becomes an everywhere. 

Directed by renowned director Pat Collins the film stars Barry Ward (Jimmy's Hall, Bad Sisters) and Anna Bederke (Soul Kitchen, Sterben) in the lead roles. Lalor Roddy (Grabbers, God's Creatures), Sean McGinley (Michael Collins, Braveheart), Ruth McCabe (Philomena, Joy Ride) and first-time actor Phillip Dolan make up the rich cast of supporting characters. 

That They May Face The Rising Sun was produced by Tina O'Reilly and Brendan J. Byrne, executive Produced by Philip King, and backed by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland.