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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne is a 1987 British drama film made by HandMade Films Ltd. and United British Artists (UBA) starring Maggie Smith and Bob Hoskins. It was directed by Jack Clayton (his final theatrical film) and produced by Richard Johnson [2] and Peter Nelson, with George Harrison and Denis O'Brien as executive producers.
Feb 2, 1989 · The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne: Directed by Jack Clayton. With Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, Wendy Hiller, Marie Kean. 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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- Drama, Romance
- Jack Clayton
- 1989-02-02
A 1988 film adaptation of Brian Moore's novel about a lonely spinster alcoholic in Dublin. Maggie Smith stars as Judith Hearne, who falls for a con man and faces her demons in a moving performance.
In The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1955), Brian Moore creates a compelling and empathetic portrait of a a lonely, ageing spinster in drab 1950s Belfast who hides her weakness for alcohol from the world and herself.
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Judith Hearne (later republished as The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne), was regarded by Northern Irish-Canadian writer Brian Moore as his first novel. The book was published in 1955 after Moore had left Ireland and was living in Canada.
- Brian Moore
- 1955
Lonely spinster Judith Hearne (Maggie Smith) teaches piano and lives in a depressing boarding house in Dublin. Her life changes when she meets James Madden (Bob Hoskins), the...
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In this poignant drama, based on the celebrated novel by Brian Moore, Maggie Smith gives a wonderful performance as a lonely Irish spinster ready to give up on herself when a younger man (Bob Hoskins) enters her life. Her pursuit of him, however, proves to have devastating consequences.
