Tempos Difíceis

Isabel de Castro as Teresa Cremalheira António Pinhão Botelho as Cecilia's Son Pedro Cabrita Reis as Júlio Vaz Simões Inês de Medeiros as Cecilia Luís Lucas as Narrator (voice) Pedro Hestnes as Bastos Beatriz Batarda as Young Luisa António Sequeira Lopes as Cecilia's Husband Dinis Gomes as Boy in Bar Henrique Viana as José Grandela Rita Blanco as Luisa Cremalheira (voice) Francisco Nascimento Eunice Muñoz as Mrs. Vilaverde Ruy Furtado as Tomaz Cremalheira Lia Gama as Raquel Heitor Lourenço Francisco Pinhão Botelho as Boy in Opening Credits Isabel Ruth as Sebastião's Wife

Jasmim de Matos Art Direction, Costume Design Vasco Pimentel Sound Editor Charles Dickens Novel Elso Roque Director of Photography Joaquim Pinto Sound João Botelho Writer, Director, Producer, Editor António Pinho Vargas Music, Original Music Composer