James Joyce's Women (1985)
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In this tribute to James Joyce, Fionnula Flanagan gives a tour-de-force performance as a half-dozen or so women in Joyce's real and fictional worlds. When she portrays his wife Nora remembering their time together, Flanagan captures the era and the author in lyrical detail. As Sylvia Beach, the… More In this tribute to James Joyce, Fionnula Flanagan gives a tour-de-force performance as a half-dozen or so women in Joyce's real and fictional worlds. When she portrays his wife Nora remembering their time together, Flanagan captures the era and the author in lyrical detail. As Sylvia Beach, the woman who first published Ulysses, new dimensions concerning the importance of Nora in Joyce's literary visions of women emerge, and when Flanagan interprets Joyce characters like Molly Bloom or a washerwoman from Finnegan's Wake, the beauty of Joyce's language shines through the melodious words. With an excellent supporting cast and the fine-tuning that came from presenting this tribute on stage, the film should warm the hearts of literary buffs and Joyce fans alike. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Pearce
- Genres
- Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1985 Wide
- Studio
- MCA Universal Home Video
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Cast
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Martin Dempsey
as Joyce's father
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Gerald Fitzmahony
as Dublin Gossip
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Fionnula Flanagan
as Gerty MacDowell, Harriet Shaw Weaver, Mo...
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Tony Lyons
as Leopold Bloom
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Timothy O'Grady
as Interviewer
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Chris O'Neill
as James Joyce
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Joseph Lyle Taylor
as Dublin Gossip
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Patrick Dawson
as Stannie Joyce
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Gabrielle Keenan
as Cissy Caffrey
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Michele O'Connor
as Edy Boardman
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Gladys Sheehan
as Rosy-Cheeked Washerwoman
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Rebecca Wilkinson
as Pale Washerwoman
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Zoe Blackmore
as Young Girl
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Brian Dunn
as Tommy Caffrey
- Rosanna Flanagan
- Terry Flanagan
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Peter Kerr
as Tenor
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Thomas Kitt
as Jacky Caffrey
- Timothy E. O'Grady
