The Tenderness (Spanish: La ternura)[1] is a 2023 Spanish-Dominican fantasy comedy film directed and written by Vicente Villanueva [es] based on the play by Alfredo Sanzol [es] which stars Emma Suárez, Gonzalo de Castro, Alexandra Jiménez, Fernando Guallar, Anna Moliner, and Carlos Cuevas.

Misandric witch-queen Esmeralda manages to escape from the West Indies Fleet and settle in a desert island with her two daughters (princesses Rubí and Salmón) so they can be free from the influence of men, but the island actually happens to be inhabited by a misogynistic logger and his two sons (loggers Verdemar and Azulcielo), so the women cross-dress as men.

[4] Shooting locations included Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Madrid and the Cosón Beach near Samaná.

[4] The film received a pre-screening at Cines Kinépolis of Paterna on 25 September 2023.

[5][6] It was also scheduled to screen at the Teatro Victoria Eugenia [es] during a RTVE gala of the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival on 28 September 2023.