Tender Mercies Trailer SD (Englisch) (1983)

Catholic Movie Club: In ‘Tender Mercies’ with Robert Duvall, resurrection is a quiet thing

Tender Mercies (1983)

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Tender Mercies Released March 4th, 1983 Starring Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Ellen Barkin, and Wilford Brimley Down-on-his-luck country singer Mac Sledge (Robert Duvall) has nowhere to turn when he wakes up in a motel, short on cash. So he takes a job from Rosa Lee (Tess Harper), the kindly widow who runs the place. Mac begins to fall for Rosa, who helps him confront his drinking, and also finds an unexpected bond with Rosa's young son (Allan Hubbard). When the opportunity for a career comeback

Rest in peace, Robert Duvall. Tender Mercies is my favorite movie and this scene captures many of the reasons why. It’s beautifully written and produced and performed (Tess Harper is ethereal in it) all the way around but Duvall’s performance is so vulnerable and authentic that it goes above and beyond. This film and so many of the others he rooted—The Apostle and Sling Blade chief among them—influenced me as a young artist. And he was a perfectly cast Boo Radley in the film of To Kill a Mocking