Drama / Romance /

Score: 66%( 27 votes )

Overview: 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.

Cast:

Maggie Smith
Judith Hearne

Bob Hoskins
James Madden

Wendy Hiller
Aunt D'Arcy

Marie Kean
Mrs. Rice

Ian McNeice
Bernard Rice

Rudi Davies
Mary

Prunella Scales
Moira O'Neill

Áine Ní Mhuirí
Edie Marinan

Sheila Reid
Mrs Friel

Niall Buggy
Mr Lenehan

Kate Binchy
Sister Ignatius

Martina Stanley
Sister Mary-Paul

Veronica Quilligan
Mrs Mullen

Frank Egerton
The Major

Leonard Maguire
Dr Bowe

Kevin Flood
Owen O'Neill

Catherine Cusack
Una O'Neill

Peter Gilmore
Kevin O'Neill

James Holland
Shaun O'Neill

Aidan Gillen
Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)

Emma Jane Lavin
Young Judith

Dick Sullivan
Priest

Alan Radcliffe
Young Priest

Seamus Newham
Taxi Driver

Paul Boyle
Taxi Driver

Isolde Cazelet
Old Woman

Marjorie Hogan
Old Woman

Gerard O'Hagan
Waiter

Anna Murphy
Girl Giggler

Gemma Murphy
Girl Giggler

Paddy Joyce
Drunk in Pub