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.
Maggie Smith
as Judith Hearne
Bob Hoskins
as James Madden
Wendy Hiller
as Aunt D'Arcy
Marie Kean
as Mrs. Rice
Ian McNeice
as Bernard Rice
Rudi Davies
as Mary
Prunella Scales
as Moira O'Neill
Aine Ni Mhuiri
as Edie Marinan
Sheila Reid
as Mrs Friel
Niall Buggy
as Mr Lenehan
Kate Binchy
as Sister Ignatius
Martina Stanley
as Sister Mary-Paul
