So Much Tenderness

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So Much Tenderness

2022

1h 58m

Drama

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83%

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6 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Having fled Colombia after her husband was murdered, an environmental lawyer rebuilds her life in Toronto with her tempestuous daughter, only to risk losing everything when her traumatic past resurfaces.

Radheyan Simonpillai

CTV's Your Morning

A small, lovely film about the at times unsettling nature of settling in a new home and the strength it takes to build human connections.

Jun 30, 2023

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Drew Gregory

Autostraddle

Rodriguez makes films that require patience. But if you give yourself over to them, the rewards will burrow their way deeper inside you than more conventional work.

Sep 25, 2022

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Karen Gordon

Original Cin

She’s not aiming at manipulating our emotions or judging her characters. And she doesn’t artificially build tension or come to climax points. Rodriguez's unobtrusive, seemingly offhand approach ends up bringing us closer to the characters.

Rated: B

Jul 4, 2023

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Anne Brodie

What She Said

meditative, determinedly slow-paced TIFF entry, the immigration story follows a Colombian lawyer who flees to Canada. Hidden in the trunk of a car, she makes it across the US border to Toronto. Dir Lina Rodriguez’ love for the city is clear

Rated: 2/4

Jun 30, 2023

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Eric Marchen

Rogers TV

Rodriguez shows So Much Tenderness as a versatile director whose latest film lingers long after watching.

Rated: B+

Jun 30, 2023

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Alex Heeney

Seventh Row

After the first thirty-ish minutes of So Much Tenderness, the film shifts away from being one about the jarring disorientation and displacement of the immigration experience.

Sep 23, 2022

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Synopsis

Having fled Colombia after her husband was murdered, an environmental lawyer rebuilds her life in Toronto with her tempestuous daughter, only to risk losing everything when her traumatic past resurfaces.

Director: Lina Rodriguez
Producer: Brad Deane, Lina Rodriguez
Screenwriter: Lina Rodriguez
Production Co: Arbitrage Pictures, Téléfilm Canada, Ontario Creates, TimeLapse Pictures, Rayon Verde
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 58m