True and Tender is the North

Original title: A Corte do Norte

Duration: 122 min

Release date: 2008-09-30

IMDB

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.

Romance Drama

A Corte do Norte

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as Sissi / Rosalina / Emília de Sousa / Águeda / Rosamunde

Rogério Samora

as João de Barros

Margarida Vila-Nova

Margarida Vila-Nova

as Leopoldina - 26 anos

Custódia Gallego

Custódia Gallego

as Leopoldina - 47 anos

Marcello Urgeghe

Marcello Urgeghe

Joana de Verona

Joana de Verona

as Director de Cena

António Pedro Cerdeira

António Pedro Cerdeira

Diana Costa e Silva

Diana Costa e Silva

as Alice / 30 anos

Miguel Monteiro

Miguel Monteiro

as Conde de Carvalhal

Virgílio Castelo

Virgílio Castelo

as Almeida Garrett

Maria João Pinho

Maria João Pinho

as Sissi's Handmaid

Patricia Adão Marques

Patricia Adão Marques

as Theatre Audience (uncredited)

Alicia Grabowski

Alicia Grabowski

as Sissi's Handmaid

as Gaspar de Barros

as Criada da Corte do Norte

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Agustina Bessa-Luís

Agustina Bessa-Luís

José Álvaro Morais

José Álvaro Morais

António da Cunha Telles

António da Cunha Telles

Pandora da Cunha Telles

Pandora da Cunha Telles

Silvia Grabowski

Silvia Grabowski

Production Design

Director of Photography

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