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Ordinary Tenderness
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Ordinary Tenderness

Apr 4, 1973
1h 22m
★ 9.5

Overview

A lonely woman spends the winter isolated and reminiscing about the past as she waits for her husband to return from a prolonged absence.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

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Cast

Esther Auger

Esther

Esther Auger

Jean-Pierre Bourque

Xavier

Jean-Pierre Bourque

Jocelyn Bérubé

Jocelyn Levesque

Jocelyn Bérubé

Claudette Delorimier

Woman on Train

Claudette Delorimier

J. Léo Gagnon

Widower

J. Léo Gagnon

Luce Guilbeault

Bernadette

Luce Guilbeault

Plume Latraverse

Plume Latraverse

Jean-René Ouellet

Jean-René Ouellet

Marie-Hélène Tremblay

Marie-Hélène Tremblay

Véronique Tremblay

Véronique Tremblay

Tiffany Lee

Tiffany Lee

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