Joe and Kate Ruttledge have returned from London to live and work among a small, rural, lakeside community in Ireland near to where Joe grew up.
Now deeply embedded in the life around the lake, the drama of a year in their lives and those of the memorable characters that move about them unfolds through the rituals of work, play and the passing seasons as this enclosed world becomes an everywhere......
I'm not bothering with the title again, as it took me a few times to say it properly when I asked for the tickets.
But what we have here is one of the most easy going comedy dramas that I have seen in a very long time. The majority of the film is based at the protagonists house, and they are visited by some of he most amazing, beautiful characters that the novelist has ever written about.
Everyone is very easy going, but all through the film there is an odd air of tension, making the viewer believe that not all is what it seems.
They drink, smoke and eat wonderful food, whilst passing the time in the only way you would in a beautiful setting, very easily. But there are some people with whom they don't get on with others, and tension couldn't be more beautifully depicted.
To say anymore would ruin the film, but it's a bittersweet journey, and one that would be beautiful to watch on a big projector int he roasting sun, with a cold pint, and wonderful friends.
Now deeply embedded in the life around the lake, the drama of a year in their lives and those of the memorable characters that move about them unfolds through the rituals of work, play and the passing seasons as this enclosed world becomes an everywhere......
I'm not bothering with the title again, as it took me a few times to say it properly when I asked for the tickets.
But what we have here is one of the most easy going comedy dramas that I have seen in a very long time. The majority of the film is based at the protagonists house, and they are visited by some of he most amazing, beautiful characters that the novelist has ever written about.
Everyone is very easy going, but all through the film there is an odd air of tension, making the viewer believe that not all is what it seems.
They drink, smoke and eat wonderful food, whilst passing the time in the only way you would in a beautiful setting, very easily. But there are some people with whom they don't get on with others, and tension couldn't be more beautifully depicted.
To say anymore would ruin the film, but it's a bittersweet journey, and one that would be beautiful to watch on a big projector int he roasting sun, with a cold pint, and wonderful friends.