Hard Times

Hard Times

90 mins | Drama | Aug. 29, 1988

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

Hard Times

90 mins | Drama | Aug. 29, 1988

Hard Times
A film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Hard Times" set in a Portuguese industrial town of the 1980s.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers
Original title Tempos Difíceis
Directors João Botelho
Writers João Botelho, Charles Dickens

Cast

Henrique Viana

as José Grandela

Júlia Britton

as Luisa Cremalheira

Eunice Muñoz

as Mrs. Vilaverde

Ruy Furtado

as Tomaz Cremalheira

Isabel de Castro

as Teresa Cremalheira

Isabel Ruth

as Sebastião's Wife

Lia Gama

as Raquel

Inês de Medeiros

as Cecilia

Pedro Cabrita Reis

as Júlio Vaz Simões

Pedro Hestnes

as Bastos

Beatriz Batarda

as Young Luisa

Rita Blanco

as Luisa Cremalheira (voice)

António Pinhão Botelho

as Cecilia's Son

Luís Lucas

as Narrator (voice)

Francisco Pinhão Botelho

as Boy in Opening Credits

António Salgueiro

as Old Man in Bar