The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Pat CollinsDirector
- Pat CollinsWriter
- Éamon LittleWriter
- Irene BuckleyOriginal Music Composer
- Linda BuckleyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Barry WardJoe Ruttledge
- Anna BederkeKate Ruttledge
- Lalor RoddyPatrick Ryan
- Sean McGinleyJohnny Murphy
- Ruth McCabeMary Murphy
- Phillip DolanJamesie Murphy
- John OlohanThe Shah
- Brendan ConroyBill Evans
- Catherine ByrneSusan Maguire
- Patrick RyanFrank Dolan
- Derbhle CrottyNora (Barwoman)
- Declan ConlonBob Booth
Stills
Themes
based on novel or book