Hard Times

A film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Hard Times" set in a Portuguese industrial town of the 1980s.

6.8

90 min

Cast

Henrique Viana

as José Grandela

Júlia Britton

as Luisa Cremalheira

Eunice Muñoz

as Mrs. Vilaverde

Ruy Furtado

as Tomaz Cremalheira

Isabel de Castro

as Teresa Cremalheira

Isabel Ruth

as Sebastião's Wife

Lia Gama

as Raquel

Inês de Medeiros

as Cecilia

Pedro Cabrita Reis

as Júlio Vaz Simões

Pedro Hestnes

as Bastos

Beatriz Batarda

as Young Luisa

Rita Blanco

as Luisa Cremalheira (voice)

Francisco Nascimento

António Pinhão Botelho

as Cecilia's Son

Luís Lucas

as Narrator (voice)

Heitor Lourenço

Francisco Pinhão Botelho

as Boy in Opening Credits

António Salgueiro

as Old Man in Bar

Fernando Cabral Martins

as Professor

Maria Alice Pereira

as Old Woman in Black

Vasco Letria

as Young Tomazinho

Pedro Dias Macedo

as Young Bastos

António Peixoto

as Priest

António Sequeira Lopes

as Cecilia's Husband

Dinis Gomes

as Boy in Bar

Armanda Cardoso

as Cremalheira's Maid

José Paiva

as Hotel's Barman

Helder Rainha

as Hotel's Concierge

Manuel Paiva

as Boy in School

Director

João Botelho