Hard Times

Synopsis

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

Cast

Henrique Viana

José Grandela

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Júlia Britton

Luisa Cremalheira

Eunice Muñoz

Mrs. Vilaverde

Ruy Furtado

Tomaz Cremalheira

Isabel de Castro

Teresa Cremalheira

Isabel Ruth

Sebastião's Wife

Lia Gama

Raquel

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Inês de Medeiros

Cecilia

Pedro Cabrita Reis

Júlio Vaz Simões

Pedro Hestnes

Bastos

Beatriz Batarda

Young Luisa

Rita Blanco

Luisa Cremalheira (voice)

Francisco Nascimento

António Pinhão Botelho

Cecilia's Son

Luís Lucas

Narrator (voice)

Heitor Lourenço

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

Crew

Art

• Luís Monteiro Set Decoration
• Jasmim de Matos Art Direction

Camera

• Elso Roque Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Jasmim de Matos Costume Design

Directing

• João Botelho Director

Editing

• João Botelho Editor

Production

• Manuel Guanilho Executive Producer
• João Botelho Producer
• João Pinto Nogueira Executive Producer

Sound

• Joaquim Pinto Sound
• Vasco Pimentel Sound Editor
• António Pinho Vargas Music
• António Pinho Vargas Original Music Composer

Writing

• João Botelho Writer
• Charles Dickens Novel