"Triumph epitomizes adversity"
Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.
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Sally Hawkins
Maud Lewis
Ethan Hawke
Everett Lewis
Gabrielle Rose
Aunt Ida
Billy MacLellan
Frank
Zachary Bennett
Charles Dowley
Kari Matchett
Sandra
David Feehan
Paul
Lawrence Barry
Mr. Davis (Shopkeeper)
Marthe Bernard
Kay
Greg Malone
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