José Grandela
Luisa Cremalheira
Mrs. Vilaverde
Tomaz Cremalheira
Teresa Cremalheira
Sebastião's Wife
Raquel
Cecilia
Júlio Vaz Simões
Bastos
Young Luisa
Luisa Cremalheira (voice)
Cecilia's Son
Narrator (voice)
Boy in Opening Credits
Old Man in Bar
Professor
Old Woman in Black
Young Tomazinho
Young Bastos
Priest
Cecilia's Husband
Boy in Bar
Cremalheira's Maid
Hotel's Barman
Hotel's Concierge
Boy in School
Writer
Director
Novel
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Producer
Music
Art Direction
Costume Design
Director of Photography
Sound Editor
Sound
Editor
Set Decoration
Original Music Composer
A film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Hard Times" set in a Portuguese industrial town of the 1980s.