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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)

116 mins

type:

genre(s):

DRAMA

ROMANCE

A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident of her rundown boarding house, who imagines she has the money to bankroll the business he hopes to open.

name

character

Kate Binchy

Sister Ignatius

Paul Boyle

Taxi Driver

Niall Buggy

Mr Lenehan

Isolde Cazelet

Old Woman

Catherine Cusack

Una O'Neill

Rudi Davies

Mary

Frank Egerton

The Major

Kevin Flood

Owen O'Neill

Aidan Gillen

Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)

Peter Gilmore

Kevin O'Neill

Wendy Hiller

Aunt D'Arcy

Marjorie Hogan

Old Woman

James Holland

Shaun O'Neill

Bob Hoskins

James Madden

Paddy Joyce

Drunk in Pub

Marie Kean

Mrs. Rice

Emma Jane Lavin

Young Judith

Leonard Maguire

Dr Bowe

Ian McNeice

Bernard Rice

Aine Ni Mhuiri

Edie Marinan

Anna Murphy

Girl Giggler

Gemma Murphy

Girl Giggler

Seamus Newham

Taxi Driver

Gerard O'Hagan

Waiter

Veronica Quilligan

Mrs Mullen

name
Jack Clayton	director
Georges Delerue	composer
George Harrison	producer
Brian Moore	writer (original)
Peter Nelson	screenplay

award	category	name	year
BAFTA	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Maggie Smith	1988

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