# Tender Mercies (1983)

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**Runtime**: 92 min
**Genres**: Drama, Music, Romance
**Directed by**: Bruce Beresford
**Written by**: Horton Foote
**Starring**: Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley, Ellen Barkin, Allan Hubbard

> *His struggle for fame was over. His fight for respect was just beginning.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Here's a movie that thinks it knows something about the redemptive power of human connection. Mac Sledge, a washed-up country singer, finds solace and a second chance with a widow and her son in rural Texas. It's a quiet film that perhaps mistakes quietness for profundity.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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