Tender Mercies
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1983 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | Bruce Beresford |
| Cast | Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley, Ellen Barkin |
| Genre | Drama |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | Tender Mercies | – |
| Español | Gracias y favores | Gracias y favores |
| Français | Tendre Bonheur | Tendre Bonheur |
| Deutsch | Comeback der Liebe | Comeback der Liebe |
| Português | A Força do Carinho | A Forca do Carinho |
| Italiano | Tender Mercies – Un tenero ringraziamento | Tender Mercies – Un tenero ringraziamento |
| Русский | Нежное милосердие | Nezhnoe miloserdie |
| 中文（简体） | 温柔的怜悯 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 溫柔的慈悲 | – |
| 한국어 | 텐더 머시스 | Tendeo Meosiseu |
| ไทย | Tender Mercies | – |
| Tiếng Việt | Tender Mercies | – |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Tender Mercies | – |
| 日本語 | テンダー・マーシー | Tendā Māshī |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which broken selfhood and quiet grace collide within ordinary rural life.
■ Synopsis
A fallen country singer rebuilds his life through sobriety, work, family, and modest forms of mercy.
■ RECIPE Tags
#QuietRedemption #BrokenSelfhood #GraceInOrdinaryLife #RecoveryAndMercy
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Life after collapse
Reason: The protagonist begins not from ambition but from the remains of a ruined identity.
Related Film: Crazy Heart - Middle: Grace without spectacle
Reason: Restoration occurs through small duties, restraint, and human steadiness rather than dramatic salvation.
Related Film: The Straight Story - Core: Mercy after irreparable loss
Reason: The final territory accepts that redemption does not erase damage but allows life to continue.
Related Film: Paris, Texas
■ Secondary Axes
- Faith as lived repair: Belief appears through conduct, forgiveness, and endurance rather than declaration.
Related Film: The Apostle - Sobriety as moral rebuilding: Recovery becomes the condition for renewed relation to self and others.
Related Film: Leaving Las Vegas
■ Person
- Director: Bruce Beresford
- Cast: Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley, Ellen Barkin
■ Structural Tags
#PostCollapseLife #QuietRestoration #MercyThroughRoutine
■ Attribute Tags
#AmericanCinema #1983Film #DramaFilm
