THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN (EUFF VIETNAM 2025)
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THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN <EUFF 2025 OPENING FILM>
Ireland — 107’ — 2023
Director & Writer: Pat Collins
Cast: Barry Ward, Anna Bederke, Phillip Dolan, John Olohan, Lalor Roddy, Brendan Conroy
Music: Irene Buckley, Linda Buckley
Genre: Drama
Age rating: T13
20:00 — 21.11.2025 — CineStar Cinema, 135 Hai Ba Trung, HCMC
17:00 — 29.11.2025 — National Cinema Centre, 87 Lang Ha, Hanoi
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Day by day, Joe and Kate's life flows languidly in the light of the Irish countryside, as endearing guests come knocking, cups of tea and everyday conversations are had around the kitchen table, between growth and decay, between returns and farewells. Adapted from the final novel by Irish author John McGahern, THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN is a meditation on life, nature, on the fleeting and the unspoken.
‘Characters drift in and out of the picture, narrative threads are unresolved; all we get is a brief window into these lives, and an evocative snapshot of a particular time and place.’ (Sight and Sound)
— Best Film award; nominees for Best Director, Best Script, Best Lead Actor, etc. (Irish Film and Television Awards 2024, Ireland)
— Best Irish Film (Dublin International Film Festival 2024, Ireland)
— Best Feature Film & Best Director, Avant-Garde and Genre Section (Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2024, Argentina)
Still images: © Break Out Pictures
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