Innocent Kate Brady (Rita Tushingham) leaves her family farm and heads for Dublin, where she lives with her former convent friend Baba Brennan (Lynn Redgrave). She soon meets older man Eugene (Peter Finch), who is a writer and intellectual. Kate and Eugene fall in love. However, when Kate's father finds out about their romance, he is determined to break it up. Kate remains devoted to Eugene, but their love disintegrates when Eugene realizes that he really has nothing in common with Kate.
young girl, writer, father, girlfriend, drunk, melodramatic, brooding, dublin, countryside, romance, coming of age, religion, forbidden love, pursuit, 1960s
Rita Tushingham is sheer delight as the girl.
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