

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
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