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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

An unlikely relationship based on love, faith, and a little deception.

6.6(32)19871h 56m2

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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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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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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Director

Jack Clayton

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

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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

    7/10

    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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