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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Directed by
- Jack Clayton
- Starring
- Bob Hoskins, Maggie Smith, Wendy Hiller, Aidan Gillen, Marie Kean, Ian McNeice
A modest, middle‑aged spinster in 1950s Dublin makes her living giving piano lessons. When a fellow boarder—a dream‑chasing entrepreneur—in the cramped boarding house suspects she has the means to fund his venture, she clings to a fragile hope for love, weaving faith, deception, and longing into a poignant, unlikely romance.
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