Ordinary Tenderness

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Ordinary Tenderness

1973

1h 22m

9.5(2 votes)

Drama

Overview

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

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11 members

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Esther Auger

Esther

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Jean-Pierre Bourque

Xavier

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Jocelyn Bérubé

Jocelyn Levesque

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Claudette Delorimier

Woman on Train

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J. Léo Gagnon

Widower

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Luce Guilbeault

Bernadette

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Plume Latraverse

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Jean-René Ouellet

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Marie-Hélène Tremblay

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Véronique Tremblay

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Tiffany Lee

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