Desc: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Directed by Joseph Strick. With Bosco Hogan, T.P. McKenna, John Gielgud, Rosaleen Linehan. Stephen Dedalus is a young man growing up in Ireland in the early part of the twentieth century. His search for knowledge and understanding, and the decline of his family's circumstances, lead him to revelations on the nature of art and politics. His personal renaissance makes him feel unwelcome in his own country, and forces him to decide whether to leave and accept exile, or to stay and fight.