"A film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Hard Times" set in a Portuguese industrial town of the 1980s."
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)
Francisco Nascimento
as
António Pinhão Botelho
as Cecilia's Son
Luís Lucas
as Narrator (voice)
Heitor Lourenço
Francisco Pinhão Botelho
as Boy in Opening Credits
António Salgueiro
as Old Man in Bar
Fernando Cabral Martins
as Professor
Maria Alice Pereira
as Old Woman in Black
Vasco Letria
as Young Tomazinho
Pedro Dias Macedo
as Young Bastos
António Peixoto
as Priest
António Sequeira Lopes
as Cecilia's Husband
Dinis Gomes
as Boy in Bar
Armanda Cardoso
as Cremalheira's Maid
José Paiva
as Hotel's Barman
Helder Rainha
as Hotel's Concierge
Manuel Paiva
as Boy in School
João Botelho
Writer
Director
Charles Dickens
Novel
Manuel Guanilho
Executive Producer
João Pinto Nogueira
Producer
António Pinho Vargas
Music
Jasmim de Matos
Art Direction
Costume Design
Elso Roque
Director of Photography
Vasco Pimentel
Sound Editor
Joaquim Pinto
Sound
Editor
Luís Monteiro
Set Decoration
Original Music Composer