The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

Maggie Smith stars as Judith Hearne, a lonely middle-aged Irish Catholic spinster from a respectable family in distressed circumstances who gives piano lessons independently but is losing pupils. She meets and becomes attracted to the landlady's widowed brother, James Madden, played by Bob Hoskins, who has returned from the United States and believes she might be useful backing his proposed hamburger business venture.