Hard Times

Original title: Tempos Difíceis

Duration: 90 min

Release date: 1988-08-29

IMDB

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

Drama

Tempos Difíceis

Casting arrow_drop_down

as José Grandela

as Luisa Cremalheira

as Mrs. Vilaverde

as Tomaz Cremalheira

Isabel de Castro

Isabel de Castro

as Teresa Cremalheira

as Sebastião's Wife

Inês de Medeiros

Inês de Medeiros

Pedro Cabrita Reis

Pedro Cabrita Reis

as Júlio Vaz Simões

Beatriz Batarda

Beatriz Batarda

as Luisa Cremalheira (voice)

Francisco Nascimento

Francisco Nascimento

António Pinhão Botelho

António Pinhão Botelho

as Cecilia's Son

as Narrator (voice)

Heitor Lourenço

Heitor Lourenço

Francisco Pinhão Botelho

Francisco Pinhão Botelho

as Boy in Opening Credits

António Salgueiro

António Salgueiro

as Old Man in Bar

Fernando Cabral Martins

Fernando Cabral Martins

Maria Alice Pereira

Maria Alice Pereira

as Old Woman in Black

as Young Tomazinho

Pedro Dias Macedo

Pedro Dias Macedo

as Young Bastos

António Peixoto

António Peixoto

António Sequeira Lopes

António Sequeira Lopes

as Cecilia's Husband

Armanda Cardoso

Armanda Cardoso

as Cremalheira's Maid

as Hotel's Barman

as Hotel's Concierge

as Boy in School

arrow_drop_down

Crew arrow_drop_down

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Manuel Guanilho

Manuel Guanilho

Executive Producer

António Pinho Vargas

António Pinho Vargas

Jasmim de Matos

Jasmim de Matos

Jasmim de Matos

Jasmim de Matos

Director of Photography

António Pinho Vargas

António Pinho Vargas

Original Music Composer

João Pinto Nogueira

João Pinto Nogueira

Executive Producer

arrow_drop_down

Recomendation Films

NextFilm 2026