Tenderness

Jan 15, 2009

1h 41m

★ 5.2

The intimacy of the kill

Overview

A hardened cop tries to unravel the past to discover whether a violent teenager was responsible for the murder of his family. A confused fifteen-year-old runaway becomes enthralled with the young man.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Hanson Allen Films

Ideal Partners

TurtleBack Productions

Lionsgate

GreeneStreet Films

Tenderness Trailers

Cast

Detective Cristofuoro

Russell Crowe

Eric Poole

Jon Foster

Lori

Sophie Traub

Teresa

Laura Dern

Debbie

Alicia Harding

Gary

Michael Kelly

Maria

Alexis Dziena

Marsha

Arija Bareikis

Dan Komenko

Tim Hopper

Jackie Cristofuoro

Tanya Clarke

Juvenile Delinquent

Karina Colon

Amusement Park Mom

Ingrid Johnson

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