The read
Critics rate it 30 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 30 points higher than audiences do.
32 audience votes
Key crew
- Jack ClaytonDirector
- Peter NelsonScreenplay
- Georges DelerueOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Maggie SmithJudith Hearne
- Bob HoskinsJames Madden
- Wendy HillerAunt D'Arcy
- Marie KeanMrs. Rice
- Ian McNeiceBernard Rice
- Rudi DaviesMary
- Prunella ScalesMoira O'Neill
- Áine Ní MhuiríEdie Marinan
- Sheila ReidMrs Friel
- Niall BuggyMr Lenehan
- Kate BinchySister Ignatius
- Martina StanleySister Mary-Paul
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Themes
hotelbased on novel or bookdespairdublin, irelandlonelinessboarding housespinsterpiano1950s