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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
Kate Binchy
Sister Ignatius
Martina Stanley
Sister Mary-Paul
Veronica Quilligan
Mrs Mullen
Frank Egerton
The Major
Leonard Maguire
Dr Bowe
Kevin Flood
Owen O'Neill
Catherine Cusack
Una O'Neill
Peter Gilmore
Kevin O'Neill
James Holland
Shaun O'Neill
Aidan Gillen
Youth at Liquor Store (as Aiden Murphy)
Emma Jane Lavin
Young Judith
Dick Sullivan
Priest
Alan Radcliffe
Young Priest
Seamus Newham
Taxi Driver
Paul Boyle
Taxi Driver
Isolde Cazelet
Old Woman
Marjorie Hogan
Old Woman
Gerard O'Hagan
Waiter
Anna Murphy
Girl Giggler
Gemma Murphy
Girl Giggler
Paddy Joyce
Drunk in Pub

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Nov 14 2022

Maggie Smith offers quite a compelling performance in this adaptation of Brian Moore's novel. She is the eponymous piano teacher, having fallen on hard times since the death of her aunt (Dame Wendy Hiller). She comes to live in a boarding house in Dublin where she encounters a rather curious dynamic amongst the guests: the proprietress, her son, and her brother "Madden" (Bob Hoskins). She takes rather a shine to him, and the beautiful jewellery on her fingers leads him to believe that she might be useful backing his proposed hamburger business venture. Wires get crossed, and we discover that th...