A middle-aged spinster falls in love with a fellow resident of her boardinghouse, who mistakenly believes she has the money to help him start a new business.
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| Maggie Smith | ... | Judith Hearne | |
| Bob Hoskins | ... | James Madden | |
| Wendy Hiller | ... | Aunt D'Arcy | |
| Marie Kean | ... | Mrs. Rice | |
| Ian McNeice | ... | Bernard Rice | |
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Alan Devlin | ... | Father Quigley |
| Rudi Davies | ... | Mary | |
| Prunella Scales | ... | Moira O'Neill | |
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Aine Ni Mhuiri | ... | Edie Marinan |
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Sheila Reid | ... | Miss Friel |
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Niall Buggy | ... | Mr. Lenehan |
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Kate Binchy | ... | Sister Ignatius |
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Martina Stanley | ... | Sister Mary-Paul |
| Veronica Quilligan | ... | Mrs. Mullen | |
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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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2 February 1989 (Italy) See more »Also Known As:
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(c) 1928 B. Feldman & Co Ltd
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Brian Moore's source 1955 "Judith Hearne" novel was rejected by ten American publishers before it was published by a British publishing house. See more »Soundtracks
WHEN YOU'RE SMILINGMark Fisher - Joe Goodwin - Larry Shay
(c) 1928 B. Feldman & Co Ltd
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Maggie Smith is enormously affecting as Irish piano teacher Judith Hearne, whose life is plagued by Catholic guilt; painful memories of her early life with a difficult, wealthy aunt; and the less-than-genteel situation in which she now finds herself. At the shabby boarding house where she lives, Hearne meets the brother of her landlady. As they become friendlier, she seizes on the chance that this man will save her from a dismal life as a poor spinster.
The uniformly fine cast includes Bob Hoskins and Prunella Scales. I cannot recommend this movie highly enough to anyone who enjoys character-driven stories.