100 Years of Ulysses

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2022 / 51min.

Rating7

Genres

Documentary

History

TV Movie

Synopsis

Paris, France, February 2, 1922. The novel Ulysses, by Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941), is published by US poet Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), owner of the small bookstore Shakespeare & Co. The book, whose writing consumed seven years of Joyce's life, years in which his family was in financial need, would have a profound and unprecedented impact on 20th century literature and culture.

Directors

Ruán Magan

Actors

Ann Skelly

Paul Muldoon

Olga Wehrly

Peter Coonan

Mark Doherty

Tim Creed

Valérie Bénéjam

Frank Callanan

Geert Lernout

Eimear McBride

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