Ordinary Tenderness

Top 10 Billed Cast

Esther Auger
Esther Auger

Esther

Jean-Pierre Bourque
Jean-Pierre Bourque

Xavier

Jocelyn Bérubé
Jocelyn Bérubé

Jocelyn Levesque

Claudette Delorimier
Claudette Delorimier

Woman on Train

J. Léo Gagnon
J. Léo Gagnon

Widower

Luce Guilbeault
Luce Guilbeault

Bernadette

Plume Latraverse
Plume Latraverse

Jean-René Ouellet
Jean-René Ouellet

Marie-Hélène Tremblay
Marie-Hélène Tremblay

Véronique Tremblay
Véronique Tremblay

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    A lonely woman spends the winter isolated and reminiscing about the past as she waits for her husband to return from a prolonged absence.

  • Release Date

    1973-04-04

  • Average

    9.5

  • Rating:

    4.8 starts
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  • Languages:

    Français
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