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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977)

Directed by Joseph Strick

Overview

Bosco Hogan plays Joyce’s alter-ego, Stephen Daedelus, growing up in Ireland in the early part of the 20th century, and at odds with the strictures of his Catholic home and family. The film charts his search for knowledge and understanding, during a decline in his family’s circumstances, that leads him to revelations on the nature of art, beauty and politics. However his personal renaissance makes him feel unwelcome in his own country, and forces him to make a choice between exile as artist or staying and facing personal defeat.

Length 92 minutes

Actors

David Kelly | John Gielgud | T. P. McKenna | Bosco Hogan | Niall Buggy | Rosaleen Linehan | Deirdre Donnelly | Chris O'Neill | Eddie Golden | Emmet Bergin | Susan Fitzgerald | Desmond Perry | Anna Manahan | Bryan Murray | Maureen Potter | Des Cave | Eamon Kelly | Brendan Cauldwell | Aiden Grennell | Bill Foley | Chris Curran | Luke Johnston | Maureen Toal | Edward Byrne | Danny Cummins | Brenda Doyle | Leslie Lalor | Danny Figgis | Cecil Sheehan | Jacinta Martin