Hard Times 1988 Directed by João Botelho Tempos Difíceis

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

Language Portuguese
Spoken Language Portuguese
Gnere Drama
Release Date 29 August 1988
90 mins
Cast
Henrique Viana José Grandela
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
Pedro Cabrita Reis Júlio Vaz Simões
Beatriz Batarda Young Luisa
Rita Blanco Luisa Cremalheira (voice)
Luís Lucas Narrator (voice)
Francisco Pinhão Botelho Boy in Opening Credits
António Salgueiro Old Man in Bar
Maria Alice Pereira Old Woman in Black
Vasco Letria Young Tomazinho
Pedro Dias Macedo Young Bastos
António Sequeira Lopes Cecilia's Husband
Dinis Gomes Boy in Bar
Armanda Cardoso Cremalheira's Maid
José Paiva Hotel's Barman
Helder Rainha Hotel's Concierge
Manuel Paiva Boy in School