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Tenderness

Tenderness

The intimacy of the kill

20095.21h 41m

Overview

A hardened cop tries to unravel the past to discover whether a violent teenager was responsible for the murder of his family. A confused fifteen-year-old runaway becomes enthralled with the young man.

Directed by John Polson
Written by Robert Cormier, Emil Stern
Produced by Howard Meltzer, John Penotti, Charles Randolph
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Top Cast

Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe

Detective Cristofuoro

Jon Foster

Jon Foster

Eric Poole

Sophie Traub

Sophie Traub

Lori

Laura Dern

Laura Dern

Teresa

Alicia Harding

Alicia Harding

Debbie

Michael Kelly

Michael Kelly

Gary

Alexis Dziena

Alexis Dziena

Maria

Arija Bareikis

Arija Bareikis

Marsha

Tim Hopper

Tim Hopper

Dan Komenko

Tanya Clarke

Tanya Clarke

Jackie Cristofuoro

Themes & Keywords

release from prisonex-conill wifemurder of family

About Tenderness

Tenderness is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 2009 exploring themes of release from prison, ex-con, ill wife, murder of family. Directed by John Polson, it stars Russell Crowe, Jon Foster, Sophie Traub. A hardened cop tries to unravel the past to discover whether a violent teenager was responsible for the murder of his family. A confused fifteen-year-old runaway becomes enthralled with the young man.

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