Jack Clayton directs this 1980s British romantic drama starring Maggie Smith and Bob Hoskins. In 1950s Belfast, lonely spinster Judith Hearne (Smith) meets American James Madden (Hoskins) after moving to a boarding house in the city in search of a fresh start. She thinks she may have found the companionship she so desperately craves, but James is in fact a sleazy con artist out to exploit her for all she is worth.