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?
Ewan McGregor
as James Joyce
Susan Lynch
as Nora Barnacle
Andrew Scott
as Michael Bodkin
Peter McDonald
as Stanislaus Joyce
Roberto Citran
as Roberto Prezioso
Vinnie McCabe
as Uncle Tommy
Veronica Duffy
as Annie Barnacle
Pauline McLynn
as Miss Kennedy
Aedin Moloney
as Eva Joyce
Paul Hickey
as Curran
Neilí Conroy
as Maid
Darragh Kelly
as Cosgrave
