The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
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.
- genus: Drama, Romance
- Studio: United British Artists (UBA), Handmade Films
- keyword: hotel, based on novel or book, despair, dublin, ireland, loneliness, boarding house, spinster, piano, 1950s
- cast: Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, Wendy Hiller, Marie Kean, Ian McNeice, Rudi Davies