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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
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February 1988 (USA) morePlot:
She falls in love with a broken down former NYC hotel doorman, who tells Judith vaguely that he was in the hotel business. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 wins moreUser Comments:
Brilliant look at a tragic life moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Maggie Smith | ... | Judith Hearne |
 | Bob Hoskins | ... | James Madden |
 | Wendy Hiller | ... | Aunt D'Arcy |
| Marie Kean | ... | Mrs. Rice |
 | Ian McNeice | ... | Bernard Rice |
| Alan Devlin | ... | Father Quigley |
| Rudi Davies | ... | Mary |
| Prunella Scales | ... | Moira O'Neill |
| Aine Ni Mhuiri | ... | Edie Marinan |
| Sheila Reid | ... | Miss Friel |
| Niall Buggy | ... | Mr. Lenehan |
| Kate Binchy | ... | Sister Ignatius |
| Martina Stanley | ... | Sister Mary-Paul |
 | Veronica Quilligan | ... | Mrs. Mullen |
| Frank Egerton | ... | The Major |
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Maggie Smith is enormously affecting as Irish piano teacher Judith Hearne, whose life is plagued by Catholic guilt; painful memories of her early life with a difficult, wealthy aunt; and the less-than-genteel situation in which she now finds herself. At the shabby boarding house where she lives, Hearne meets the brother of her landlady. As they become friendlier, she seizes on the chance that this man will save her from a dismal life as a poor spinster.
The uniformly fine cast includes Bob Hoskins and Prunella Scales. I cannot recommend this movie highly enough to anyone who enjoys character-driven stories.