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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)

 -  Drama | Romance  -  February 1988 (USA)
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She falls in love with a broken down former NYC hotel doorman, who tells Judith vaguely that he was in the hotel business.

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Judith Hearne
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James Madden
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Aunt D'Arcy
Marie Kean ...
Mrs. Rice
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Bernard Rice
Alan Devlin ...
Father Quigley
Rudi Davies ...
Mary
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Moira O'Neill
Aine Ni Mhuiri ...
Edie Marinan
Sheila Reid ...
Miss Friel
Niall Buggy ...
Mr. Lenehan
Kate Binchy ...
Sister Ignatius
Martina Stanley ...
Sister Mary-Paul
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Mrs. Mullen
Frank Egerton ...
The Major
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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. Written by Morganalee

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love | hotel | money | 1950s | spinster | See more »

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February 1988 (USA)  »

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A Paixão Solitária de Judith Hearne  »

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$523,091 (USA)
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Last cinema feature of Marie Kean. See more »

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"WHEN YOU'RE SMILING"
Mark Fisher - Joe Goodwin - Larry Shay
(c) 1928 B. Feldman & Co Ltd
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Maggie Smith is just............................WOW!!!
31 August 2005 | by (Michigan) – See all my reviews

I own this VHS, which I found on eBay for like $5.00... I had no idea what a treasure I was receiving. I was looking for it because I will watch anything with Maggie Smith in it, and also because she won the Best Actress British Academy Award for it.

Maggie is in the top 3 of my favorite actresses. You give her a good role and she will just knock your socks off. She has mastered comedy and drama in a way that I haven't quite seen before. She does not play the role of Judith in this film. She IS Judith Hearne in all her depressing, desperate, lonely, and passionate glory. I could've cried my eyes out at her devastation over the spilling of the whiskey....and that's all I'm giving away. She simply reaches through the screen, grabs your heart, and rips it out of your chest. There is NO WAY you can see this film and not feel SOMETHING. It is one of the best, if not THE BEST performance by a female actor recorded.....and I've seen a lot of films.

I have no idea how this was missed by the Oscars, with practically zero money-making films like "Monster", "Monster's Ball", "Vera Drake", and "Million Dollar Baby" being recognized for the performances and not the commercial success now-a-days. Maggie's performance CRUSHED the nominees that year and the winner (Cher for "Moonstruck")... Find this, buy it, or something. My GOSH if you love a great performance, you just have to see this film!! You won't be sorry.


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