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Tenderness
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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

Russell Crowe

Detective Cristofuoro

Russell Crowe

Jon Foster

Eric Poole

Jon Foster

Sophie Traub

Lori

Sophie Traub

Laura Dern

Teresa

Laura Dern

Alicia Harding

Debbie

Alicia Harding

Michael Kelly

Gary

Michael Kelly

Alexis Dziena

Maria

Alexis Dziena

Arija Bareikis

Marsha

Arija Bareikis

Tim Hopper

Dan Komenko

Tim Hopper

Tanya Clarke

Jackie Cristofuoro

Tanya Clarke

Karina Colon

Juvenile Delinquent

Karina Colon

Ingrid Johnson

Amusement Park Mom

Ingrid Johnson

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