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James Joyce's Clay

  • 2014
  • 9m
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Maria Patti in James Joyce's Clay (2014)
http://www.facebook.com/runningwildfilms - This is a clip from the 34th of our 52 films, James Joyce's Clay. You can watch the whole film here: https://youtu.be/HQHVzbltGLo James Joyce's Clay by Running Wild Films is a twist on the original story. In the original story of Clya, Maria, a spinster with a minor job in a rescue mission for wayward women, is looking forward to a holiday evening at the house of Joe, whom she nursed when he was a boy and of whom she is still very fond. She departs for Joe's after attending a tea service with her fellow laundresses, stopping to buy cakes for the Halloween party on the way. At the bakery, Maria is somewhat maliciously teased by the clerk, who asks whether she wishes to buy a wedding cake, mirroring a similar joke that was made at the earlier tea. On a tram, Maria has a bashful encounter with an elderly and drunken man who chats with her; She is welcomed warmly at the house by Joe's family, but she is saddened and ashamed to realize that she has left the plumcake she bought for Joe and his wife on the tram, probably due to "flirting" with the man. Maria is soon enticed into playing a traditional Hallow Eve game with the children in which objects are placed in saucers and a blindfolded player has to pick among them. Each object is supposed to have a prophetic significance. One of the objects in the game is a ring, standing for marriage, which Maria failed to get during a similar game (in which objects were baked into pieces of barmbrack) back at the laundry. At Joe's, Maria once again misses the ring and instead chooses a lump of clay. Everyone goes quiet, because clay stands for death. Maria is allowed to choose again, however, and this time fetches the prayer-book, indicating a life of spiritual vocation (service at a convent, suggests Joe's wife). After drinking some wine, Maria sings the aria "I Dreamt That I Dwelt in Marble Halls" from the opera The Bohemian Girl by Michael Balfe. She makes what the text refers to as
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The day in the life of an elderly lady as she looks forward to a special dinner.The day in the life of an elderly lady as she looks forward to a special dinner.The day in the life of an elderly lady as she looks forward to a special dinner.

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    • Travis Mills
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    • James Joyce
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    • Madelynn Eldredge
    • Kyle Gerkin
    • Frank Macauda
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      • Kyle Gerkin
      • Frank Macauda
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    Madelynn Eldredge
    Kyle Gerkin
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    Ross Nemeth
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      • February 9, 2014 (United States)
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