Movie
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987 · 116 min
A quiet, aching character study that wraps you in one woman's loneliness and quiet desperation, rewarding patience with a devastating, dignified sadness.
- Directed by
- Jack Clayton
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Starring
- Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, Wendy Hiller
- Tagline
- An unlikely relationship based on love, faith, and a little deception.
- 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.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, bleak, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Loneliness, isolation, faith, deception
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Jack Clayton
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Starring
- Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, Wendy Hiller
