The Jew (film)
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| O Judeu | |
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| Directed by | Jom Tob Azulay |
| Country | Brazil/Portugal |
| Language | Portuguese |
The Jew (Portuguese: O Judeu) is a 1996 Brazilian-Portuguese co-production film directed by Jom Tob Azulay with Filipe Pinheiro in the title role, Dina Sfat, and Mário Viegas as the king. It tells the story of the writer António José da Silva, nicknamed "the Jew", burned at the stake during the reign of King João V of Portugal in 1739.[1]
Cast[edit]
- Felipe Pinheiro - António José da Silva
- Dina Sfat – Lourença Coutinho
- Mário Viegas – D. João V
- Cristina Aché – Leonor
- Edwin Luisi – Alexandre de Gusmão
- Fernanda Torres – Brites
- José Neto – D. Marcos
- Ruy de Carvalho – Padre Pantoja
- Sinde Filipe – Marquês do Alegrete
- Santos Manuel – Professor
- Rogério Paulo – Promotor do Santo Ofício
- António Anjos – Secretário de D. Nuno
- Sérgio Godinho – António Teixiera
- Fernando Curado Ribeiro – Bispo D. Teotónio
- Ruth Escobar – Rainha D. Maria[2]
- Cândido Ferreira - Padre
References[edit]
- ^ Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols Ph.D., Timothy R. Robbins Ph.D. Pop Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean 2015 - 1610697545- Page 145 "In Brazil, Jom Tob Azulay's film, O judeu [The Jew, 1996], tells of 18th-century intellectual Antônio José da Silva, who was executed via strangulation by the Inquisition. Other Brazilian filmmakers who deal with Jewish themes include Jayme Monjardim, who directed Olga (2004); João Batista de Andrade, director of Vlado Trinta Anos Depois [Vlado Thirty Years Later, 2005]; and Cao Hamburger, whose O Ano em que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias [The Year My Parents Went on Vacation, 2006] is a coming-of-age story about Mauro, whose parents are forced to flee the country.
- ^ Ficha artística no NY Times
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