Aedin Moloney, Andrew Scott, Ewan McGregor, Peter McDonald, Roberto Citran ...( see more  see more... ) , Susan Lynch , Veronica Duffy , Vinnie McCabe

From the day he picked her up on a Dublin street, James Joyce (Ewan McGregor) was passionately in love with Nora Barnacle (Susan Lynch). Her sexual forwardness excited him, then rapidly fed into his c...( read more  read more... )ompulsive jealousy. Nora follows these famous literary lovers as they flee Dublin for Italy, hoping to find freedom from claustrophobic Irish city life. Joyce's erratic emotions continue to make life difficult, but they find some happiness and have two children. Then, when Joyce returns to Dublin to open a movie theater, the lies of his former friends send him into a jealous fury--which is finally resolved by an erotic correspondence treasured by scholars and fans of Joyce's novels. Nora depicts all sides of Joyce and Nora, not shying away from the writer's difficult personality or from the often torrid language of their letters. A well-rounded biographical film. --Bret Fetzer

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R, 35 min.

Directed by: Pat Murphy

Release Date: May 4, 2001

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DVD Release Date: May 21, 2002

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  • November 16, 2009
    Boring, not the kind of movie I would have chosen to watch but I like Ewan McGregor.
  • September 5, 2008
    Not bad. Not exciting either. Is the story of Nora Barnacle and James Joyce really about sex and obsession?
  • April 24, 2008
    The story (well told in movie time and movie fashion) of author James Joyce and his passionate love for Nora. Neither would be easy to love, but they made it through the storms that would have sent weaker hearts runing.
  • April 13, 2008
    I only liked it because of McGregor. I'm so Shallow. lol.
  • December 1, 2007
    A boring movie that has no plot and goes absolutely nowhere. It has earned it's 2 and a half stars due to great acting and superb cinematography
  • November 1, 2007
    As a James Joyce fan, I really liked the film. The acting was great. It was interesting to see Joyce through a focus on his complicated relationship with Nora. I learned about how his regular life was like and how difficult it was to leave Ireland and to deal with his obsessive j...( read more)ealousy and drinking. Opened issues for thought about artists' lives.
  • September 1, 2007
    I would like to have Nora on DVD.
  • August 20, 2007
    An incredible life story of the famous Irish author James Joyce, and his love for his wife Nora. It's R rated, but beautifully acted by Ewan McGregor playing the part of James Joyce. I don't know if stores here in the US this movie, or if if can be rented. I bought it years a...( read more)go at Amazon.com/UK.
  • August 15, 2007
    I'm sorry, but I think i would have been bored out of my mind watching this if it didn't have Ewan McGregor in it. That's a totally shallow take, but it just wasn't very interesting. They would be happy, then it would get screwed up. Then they'd be happy again. Then it'd get scre...( read more)wed up. I liked the parts with Ewan McGregor singing best.

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