A film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Hard Times" set in a Portuguese industrial town of the 1980s.
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Henrique Viana
José Grandela
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Júlia Britton
Luisa Cremalheira
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Eunice Muñoz
Mrs. Vilaverde
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Ruy Furtado
Tomaz Cremalheira
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The Green Years
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Isabel de Castro
Teresa Cremalheira
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Anjo Selvagem
Isabel Ruth
Sebastião's Wife
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Raquel
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Casa de Lava
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Júlio Vaz Simões
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Sea
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Pedro Hestnes
Bastos
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Beatriz Batarda
Young Luisa
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Rita Blanco
Luisa Cremalheira (voice)
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João Botelho Director · Charles Dickens Author António Pinho Vargas Composer
First release August 29, 1988 · Produced in Portugal, United Kingdom · Original title Tempos Difíceis
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Portugal · United Kingdom
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Original title
Tempos Difíceis
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Italy · August 29, 1988
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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