Everyman
The Road to Heaven is a Hard One
1981 • E17 Nov 8, 1981
In 1949, at the age of 7, John Davis made his first communion. He was brought up in Dublin, and taught by the Christian Brothers. At 14 he went to sea, and so escaped his strict Catholic background. This year he returned to Dublin for the first time, as a film maker, to re-create on film the world of his Catholic childhood.
Everyman follows this journey back to the Dublin of 30 years ago. Scenes from JOHN DAVIS 's film, and his own reflections on his past, evoke a vanished experience: an experience common to a whole generation of ordinary Irishmen.
Everyman follows this journey back to the Dublin of 30 years ago. Scenes from JOHN DAVIS 's film, and his own reflections on his past, evoke a vanished experience: an experience common to a whole generation of ordinary Irishmen.