So Much Tenderness
So Much Tenderness follows Aurora (Noëlle Schönwald), a Colombian environmental lawyer who is forced to flee her native country when her husband (Juan Pablo Cruz) is murdered. With the help of a young couple (Deragh Campbell and Kazik Radwanski), she illegally crosses into Canada from the U.S. inside the trunk of a car, and is forced to start her life from scratch as a refugee.
Six years later, she leads a seemingly normal life in Toronto with her tempestuous daughter Lucía (Natalia Aranguren), until her estranged cousin Edgar (Francisco Zaldua), who was a suspect in her husband’s murder, resurfaces, threatening everything she’s built.
a rayon verde production with
produced with the participation of
and supported by
canadian distribution
producer BRAD DEANE
executive producers ALBERT SHIN,
IGOR DRLJACA
sound recordist JUAN CAMILO MARTÍNEZ
production designer JORGE LOZANO
hair and make-up artist ANGELICA AVENDAÑO
1st assistant director FELIPE LÓPEZ GÓMEZ
production coordinator RIELLE RAMOS
assistant locations manager ALISSA DAWN
production assistant ARIEL HUGHES
1st assistant camera MOMO DAUD
gaffer IBRAHIM ISSA
key grip FRANCIS LALIBERTE
art director XIMENA MORENO
costume assistant MARINELA PIEDRAHITA
casting director (Colombia)
SANTIAGO PORRAS
online editor MAC PEPLER
assistant editor/dmt assistant
SHAYNE HONTIVEROS
sound editor LUCAS PROKAZIUK
digital colorist SCOTT HANNIGAN
designer CRAIG CARON
production accountant NACHO NEIRA
crew
writer, producer & director LINA RODRIGUEZ executive producer NEIL MATHIESON
line producer PRISCILLA GALVEZ
cinematographer NIKOLAY MICHAYLOV
editors: Lina Rodriguez, Brad Deane
costume designer MARA ZIGLER
composer CHRIS A. CUMMINGS
script supervisor HANNA DONATO
production assistant GOHUL AMIRTHAGANESAN
production assistant ALLISON GALVEZ
driver MISSET PARATA
2nd assistant camera ANDREA LÓPEZ
gaffer NICK TIRINGER
boom operator JESSE WHITTY
prop master IAN WALLS
script consultants AVI NESHER,
JULIA SOLOMONOFF
casting director (Canada) FELIPE LÓPEZ GÓMEZ
visual effects artists ALEX CANANZI
dmt assistant SPENCER HAHN
sound designer LINA RODRIGUEZ
re-recording mixer MATT CHAN
still photographer JEFF CHIU
unit publicist STEPHEN LAN
screenings
Toronto International Film Festival, 2022
FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, 2022
Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival, 2022
Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal, 2022
Mar del Plata Film Festival, 2022
Havana Film Festival, 2022
Cartagena International Film Festival, 2023
Uruguay International Film Festival, 2023
Al Este de Lima Film Festival, 2023
Jeonju International Film Festival, 2023
Bildrausch Filmfest Basel, 2023
Los Angeles Latino Film Festival, 2023
Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, 2023
Canada - Theatrical Release, 2023
Colombia - Theatrical Release, 2023
Festival Internacional de Cine de Cali, 2023
*Winner: Luis Ospina Prize for Best Director*
technical info
Canada, 2022
118 minutes
HD, Color, 1.66
cast
aurora NOËLLE SCHÖNWALD
lucía NATALIA ARANGUREN
nancy DERAGH CAMPBELL
félix AUGUSTO BITTER
madison ANDREANA CALLEGARINI-GRADZIK
annabel CHARLOTTE CREAGHAN
adrián santana JUAN PABLO CRUZ
john BRAD DEANE
camila LINA GÓMEZ
alexander SEBASTIAN KOWOLLIK
simone LEE LAWSON
alex ALEXANDER MACDONALD
rob KAZIK RADWANSKI
edgar FRANCISCO ZALDUA
interpreter LUISA ALVAREZ RESTREPO
esme ESME COCKERILL
woman in spanish class NICOLE DEANE
thomas ROBIN GUILLEN
immigration officer DOUGLAS HANN
man at store RODRIGO MICHELANGELI grandmother CLARA MONROY
claudia CLAUDIA MONTOYA
grandfather ALMEIRO RODRIGUEZ
border officer JASMINE SHEK
edward PERRY STOCKWELL
ave maria latin cafe owner
MARÍA JOSE SUÁREZ