Cass (Sarah Miles), escapes from an arid marriage in London to her home village in Co. Clare where little has changed since she left. The rekindling of passion with her old sweetheart (Sean Caffrey) is complicated by the arrival of her husband Matthew (Julian Glover) and the disapproval of hotel proprietor and barkeeper (Cyril Cusack and Marie Keane).

Lively scenes of emigrant life in 1960s London and stunning images of Co. Clare landscapes combine in this memorable tale of romance and melancholy, the second in the Edna O’Brien ‘trilogy’ directed by Desmond Davis (The Girl with Green Eyes and The Country Girls).