So Much Tenderness

{{short description|2022 Canadian film directed by Lina Rodriguez}} {{Infobox film | name = So Much Tenderness | image = So Much Tenderness poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Lina Rodriguez | producer = Brad Deane Lina Rodriguez | writer = Lina Rodriguez | starring = Noëlle Schönwald Francisco Zaldua Deragh Campbell | music = Chris A. Cummings | cinematography = Nikolay Michaylov | editing = Brad Deane Lina Rodriguez | studio = Arbitrage Pictures Rayon Verde TimeLapse Pictures | distributor = Mongrel Media | released = {{film date|2022|09|10|TIFF}} | runtime = 118 minutes | country = Canada | language = English Spanish | budget = | gross = }}

'''''So Much Tenderness''''' is a 2022 Canadian drama film, written, directed, produced, and edited by Lina Rodriguez.<ref name=indiewire>Rafael Motamayor, [https://www.indiewire.com/2022/09/so-much-tenderness-review-lina-rodriguez-1234760677/ "‘So Much Tenderness’ Review: Minimalist Drama Shines Light on Different Stage of Immigrant Experience"]. ''IndieWire'', September 9, 2022.</ref> The film stars Noëlle Schönwald as Aurora, a lawyer from Colombia who emigrated to Canada as a refugee after her husband was murdered in mysterious circumstances, but whose efforts to comfortably settle into her new life are threatened when her cousin Edgar (Francisco Zaldua), who may have been involved in the murder, resurfaces.<ref>Daniel Reynolds, [https://brieftake.com/so-much-tenderness-review/ "So Much Tenderness Review"]. ''Brief Take'', September 10, 2022.</ref>

The film's cast also includes Natalia Aranguren, Deragh Campbell, Augusto Bitter, Andreana Callegarini-Gradzik, Charlotte Creaghan, Brad Deane, Sebastian Kowollik, Lee Lawson, Kazik Radwanski, Alejandra Adarve, John Goodwin, Robin Guillen, Lina Gómez, Douglas Hann and Alexander Macdonald.

The film was shot in 2021 in Toronto, Hamilton and Bowmanville, Ontario.<ref>Lauren Malyk, [https://playbackonline.ca/2021/05/06/rayon-verde-brings-so-much-tenderness-to-life/ "Rayon Verde brings So Much Tenderness to life"]. ''Playback'', May 6, 2021.</ref>

The film premiered in the Contemporary World Cinema program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.<ref name=indiewire/>

== Reception == {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|83|6.7|6}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/so_much_tenderness|title=So Much Tenderness|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=July 28, 2023}}</ref>

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Category:2022 films Category:2022 drama films Category:Canadian drama films Category:Films shot in Toronto Category:Films shot in Hamilton, Ontario Category:English-language Canadian films Category:Spanish-language Canadian films Category:2022 Canadian films