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True and Tender is the North

2008·122 min

True and Tender is the North

Directed by João Botelho

RomanceDrama

Adaptation of a 1987 novel by Agustina Bessa Luis, a multi-generation exploration of a wealthy family with a mysterious past and a house on the island of Madeira.

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Sissi / Rosalina / Emília de Sousa / Águeda / Rosamunde

João Sanha

Rogério Samora

João de Barros

Dozy

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António da Cunha Telles

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Pandora da Cunha Telles

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José Álvaro Morais

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True and Tender is the North (2008) is about adaptation of a 1987 novel by Agustina Bessa Luis, a multi-generation exploration of a wealthy family with a mysterious past and a house on the island of Madeira.

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João Botelho directed True and Tender is the North (2008).

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