True and Tender is the North

Sep 30, 2008

2h 2m

★ 5.0

Overview

Adaptation of a 1987 novel by Agustina Bessa Luis, a multi-generation exploration of a wealthy family with a mysterious past and a house on the island of Madeira.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

Filmes de Fundo

Animatógrafo II

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Cast

Sissi / Rosalina / Emília de Sousa / Águeda / Rosamunde

Ana Moreira

João Sanha

Ricardo Aibéo

João de Barros

Rogério Samora

Dozy

Maya Booth

Leopoldina - 26 anos

Margarida Vila-Nova

Leopoldina - 47 anos

Custódia Gallego

D. Antónia

Rita Blanco

Tristão

Marcello Urgeghe

Joana de Verona

Director de Cena

Paulo Filipe

D. Matilde

Laura Soveral

Lopo

António Pedro Cerdeira

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