12 years later, two friends return to the scene of a birthday party that broke everything.
Duda and Bia, two long-term friends, haven't seen each other in 12 years. They both have a disturbing memory of Duda's 15th birthday party. The party ended in heartbreak and alcohol abuse. Now, in their 30s, the two meet again, in the same house where the party took place, to review their lives, facing all the twists and surprises from all the transformations they went through during the years they were apart.
Acting
Nassar and Castello's raw, stage-trained chemistry simmers with history.
Direction
One house, two women, 12 years of silence—Castello makes it claustrophobic.
Director
Ciça Castello
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brazilian cinema has seen a wave of intimate female-led dramas examining repressed queer history, with Tenderness continuing this tradition of small-scale emotional archaeology.
The 85-minute runtime mirrors theatrical intermission structure—originally developed as a stage piece, the film keeps its two-hander intimacy deliberately suffocating.
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