Nora 23 years old

She gave a voice to his words and fire to his passion.

In 1904, in Dublin, James Joyce chats up Nora Barnacle, a hotel maid recently come from Galway. She enchants him with her frank, direct and uninhibited manner, and before long, he's convinced her to come with him to Trieste, where he has a job with Berlitz. Over time, Nora pulls him through phobias, tolerates his drinking, takes in his brother Stan, and bests Joyce at 'the writin' game' to bring him back to Italy from Dublin where he's gone to open a cinema. But his sexual jealousy threatens the relationship and sends her back to Galway with the children. Is there any way to tame Jim's green-eyed monster? And, will the lad ever get his stories published?

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Nora Cast

Name Character
Ewan McGregor He was 29, now 52 years old as James Joyce
Andrew Scott He was 23, now 47 years old as Michael Bodkin
Roberto Citran He was 45, now 69 years old as Roberto Prezioso
Stefania Orsola Garello She was 36, now 60 years old as Signorina Canarutto
Susan Lynch She was 28, now 52 years old as Nora Barnacle
Carla Cassola She was 52, now 76 years old as Signora Canarutto
Aedin Moloney She was 31, now 55 years old as Eva Joyce
Stefania Montorsi She was 31, now 55 years old as Clothilde Francini Bruni
Franco Trevisi He was 54, now 78 years old as Tullio Sylvestri
Monica Scattini She was 44, 59 years old when she died as Amalia Globocnik
Ignazio Oliva He was 29, now 53 years old as Alessandro Francini Bruni
Veronica Duffy as Annie Barnacle
Peter McDonald He was 28, now 52 years old as Stanislaus Joyce
Vinnie McCabe as Uncle Tommy
Kate O'Toole She was 40, now 64 years old as Miss Delahunty
Eamonn Hunt as George Roberts
Darragh Kelly as Cosgrave
Pauline McLynn She was 37, now 61 years old as Miss Kennedy
Paul Hickey He was 15, 28 years old when he died as Curran
Alan Devine He was 30, now 54 years old as Gogarty

Nora Crew

Name Department
Ewan McGregor as Producer. He was 29 (now 52) years old Production
Pat Murphy as Director. She was 45 (now 69) years old Directing
Pat Murphy as Screenplay. She was 45 (now 69) years old Writing
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Nora (23 years)

She gave a voice to his words and fire to his passion.

  • Release day: Wednesday, April 05, 2000
  • Runtime: 106 minutes