True and Tender is the North

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.

Cast

Ana Moreira

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

Ricardo Aibéo

as João Sanha

Rogério Samora

as João de Barros

Maya Booth

as Dozy

Margarida Vila-Nova

as Leopoldina - 26 anos

Custódia Gallego

as Leopoldina - 47 anos

Rita Blanco

as D. Antónia

Marcello Urgeghe

as Tristão

Joana de Verona

Paulo Filipe

as Director de Cena

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