In 1904, in Dublin, James Joyce chats up 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, 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?

Starring:

Adrian McCourt, Aedin Moloney, Alan Devine, Andrew Scott, Arnoldo Foà, Carla Cassola, Darragh Kelly, Eamonn Hunt, Ewan McGregor, Frances Burke, Franco Trevisi, Ignazio Oliva, Kate O'Toole, Martin Murphy, Monica Scattini, Neilí Conroy, Paul Hickey, Pauline McLynn, Peter McDonald, Roberto Citran, Stefania Montorsi, Stefania Orsola Garello, Susan

Genre:

Drama