Mac Sledge (Robert Duvall -The Godfather, Apocalypse Now) is down and out. A former American music legend, Mac is now an alcoholic whose fall from grace has left him washed up as he wakes up broke and alone on a Texas motel room floor. When the motel owner Rosa Lee (Tess Harper –No Country for Old Men, T.V’s Breaking Bad) finds Mac penniless and with nowhere to go she takes pity on him, offering him work at the motel in exchange for a room. Mac and Rosa soon fall in love, and desperate to turn his fortunes around, Mac resolves to salvage his both his career as a musician and his relationship with his estranged daughter, SueAnn (Ellen Barkin – Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) However, standing in his way his Dixie Scott, Mac’s ex-wife, a successful singer who refuses to help his career and put him in touch with his daughter. Still shameful of his past, Dixie threatens to ruin Mac’s ambitions, pushing him dangerously close to his old self-destructive ways.

Winning 2 Oscars® and nominated for a further 3, Tender Mercies is an astonishing and poignant tale of love, family, faith and redemption, vividly portraying the core values of the Southern American states.

Special Features:

- Miracles and Mercies: A Look Back – Retrospective documentary with Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Alan Hubbard, director Bruce Beresford and writer Horton Foote.