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Hard Times

7.319881h 30mMovieDrama

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

DirectorJoão Botelho
WriterJoão Botelho
ProducersManuel Guanilho·João Botelho

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Cast · Directed by João Botelho

HVHenrique Viana
Henrique Viana
José Grandela
JB
Júlia Britton
Luisa Cremalheira
EMEunice Muñoz
Eunice Muñoz
Mrs. Vilaverde
RFRuy Furtado
Ruy Furtado
Tomaz Cremalheira
ICIsabel de Castro
Isabel de Castro
Teresa Cremalheira
IRIsabel Ruth
Isabel Ruth
Sebastião's Wife
LGLia Gama
Lia Gama
Raquel
IM
Inês de Medeiros
Cecilia
PRPedro Cabrita Reis
Pedro Cabrita Reis
Júlio Vaz Simões
PHPedro Hestnes
Pedro Hestnes
Bastos
BBBeatriz Batarda
Beatriz Batarda
Young Luisa
RBRita Blanco
Rita Blanco
Luisa Cremalheira (voice)

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Hard Times hasn't started streaming in India yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around October 17, 1988. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.