Film

True and Tender is the North

5.020082h 2mM/16Romance Drama

Age rating: M/16
Director: João Botelho
Year: 2008

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.

Top cast

Ana Moreira

Sissi / Rosalina / Emília de Sousa / Águeda / Rosamunde

Ricardo Aibéo

João Sanha

Rogério Samora

João de Barros

Maya Booth

Dozy

Margarida Vila-Nova

Leopoldina - 26 anos

Custódia Gallego

Leopoldina - 47 anos

Rita Blanco

D. Antónia

Marcello Urgeghe

Tristão

Joana de Verona

Paulo Filipe

Director de Cena

Laura Soveral

D. Matilde

António Pedro Cerdeira

Lopo

Diana Costa e Silva

Alice / 30 anos

Filipe Vargas

Emídio

Miguel Monteiro

Conde de Carvalhal

Rui Morisson

Médico

Virgílio Castelo

Almeida Garrett

Maria João Pinho

Olímpia

Directed by

João Botelho

Written by

João Botelho, José Álvaro Morais

Produced by

António da Cunha Telles, Pandora da Cunha Telles