

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
An unlikely relationship based on love, faith, and a little deception.
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.
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- Language
- English
- hotel
- based on novel or book
- despair
- dublin, ireland
- loneliness
- boarding house
- spinster
- piano
- 1950s
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- Theatrical23 Dec 1987
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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne was released on 23 December 1987.
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CinemaSerf
11/14/2022
Maggie Smith offers quite a compelling performance in this adaptation of Brian Moore's novel. She is the eponymous piano teacher, having fallen on hard times since the death of her aunt (Dame Wendy Hiller). She comes to live in a boarding house in Dublin where she encounters a rather curious dynamic amongst the guests: the proprietress, her son, and her brother "Madden" (Bob Hoskins). She takes rather a shine to him,…
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