Director Sean Walsh takes an admirable stab at the Holy Grail of literary filmmaking, an adaptation of James Joyce's epochal novel Ulysses . Stephen Rea stars as Leopold Bloom who, despondent over his wife Molly's infidelity, steps out on a journey through Dublin on the morning of June 16, 1904. This has become one of the greatest tales of the 20 th century. Faithful to Joyce's stream-of-consciousness language, yet surprisingly accessible and clear, Bloom re-captures the scandalous heart of Joyce's novel with its scatological humor and unflinching forays into the realms of sexual fantasy and desire. Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom's twin journeys mirror Joyce's own belief that the Jews were the Irishmen of Europe – colonized, oppressed, and exiled from their own language. Bloom is a startling piece of filmmaking for both the Joycean scholar and neophyte.

Special Guest: Sean Walsh , Director

Co-sponsored by the Embassy of Ireland