Joe and Kate Ruttledge have returned from London to live and work among the small, close-knit community near to where Joe grew up. Now deeply embedded in life around the lake, the drama of a year in their lives and those of the memorable characters around them unfolds through the rituals of work, play and the passing seasons as this enclosed world becomes an everywhere.
That They May Face the Rising Sun is a 2023 Irish film directed by Pat Collins. It is an adaptation of the 2002 novel of the same name by John McGahern. The film was nominated for 11 awards, winning Best Film, at the 2024 Irish Film & Television Awards.
