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Tenderness
Tenderness

Tenderness

The intimacy of the kill

Genres

CrimeDramaThriller

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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.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

101 mins

Rating

5.213/10

Release Date

15 January 2009

Country

United States of America

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

Karina Colon

Karina Colon

Juvenile Delinquent

Ingrid Johnson

Ingrid Johnson

Amusement Park Mom

Shannon MacMillan

Shannon MacMillan

Park Ranger

Jane Fergus

Jane Fergus

TV Anchor

Jake M. Smith

Jake M. Smith

Spenser (uncredited)

Brian Patrick Russell

Brian Patrick Russell

Facility Director (as Brian Russell)

Lee Sellars

Lee Sellars

Sam

Lou Sumrall

Lou Sumrall

Cafeteria Guard

Matt Pepper

Matt Pepper

Ben

Saul Stein

Saul Stein

Another Guard

Vivienne Benesch

Vivienne Benesch

Lisa Komenko

Wade Mylius

Wade Mylius

Brakeman

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