Hard Times

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Hard Times

1988

1h 30m

6.8(5 votes)

Drama

Overview

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

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Cast & Crew

29 members

Acting

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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Isabel de Castro

Teresa Cremalheira

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Isabel Ruth

Sebastião's Wife

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Lia Gama

Raquel

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Inês de Medeiros

Cecilia

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Pedro Cabrita Reis

Júlio Vaz Simões

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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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Francisco Nascimento

Unknown Role

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António Pinhão Botelho

Cecilia's Son

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Luís Lucas

Narrator (voice)

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Heitor Lourenço

Unknown Role

Directing

Francisco Pinhão Botelho

Boy in Opening Credits

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António Salgueiro

Old Man in Bar

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Fernando Cabral Martins

Professor

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Maria Alice Pereira

Old Woman in Black

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Vasco Letria

Young Tomazinho

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Pedro Dias Macedo

Young Bastos

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António Peixoto

Priest

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António Sequeira Lopes

Cecilia's Husband

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Dinis Gomes

Boy in Bar

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Armanda Cardoso

Cremalheira's Maid

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José Paiva

Hotel's Barman

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Helder Rainha

Hotel's Concierge

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Manuel Paiva

Boy in School

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