01 April 1972 Drama, Crime 96 mins
Against all advice, a destitute Brazilian old man marries a nineteen-year-old girl. Because he can’t give her any children, he moves to the interior to make money, so she will at least have a good life. When he returns, he is told she has a three-year-old daughter. He buys himself a knife.
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Jofre Soares as João
Ana Maria Miranda as Maria
João Augusto Azevedo as Judge
Douglas Santos as Zeferino
João Batista as Deodato
Áurea Campos as Dona Ana
George Sluizer Producer
Heitor Villa-Lobos Music
Tom Tholen Sound
George Sluizer Director
Juarez Dagoberto Costa Sound
George Sluizer Writer
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Brazil 23 August 1972
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25 June 1972
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07 January 1972
This Spanish-Italian co-production tells the story of a man who feels deep guilt for the death of his wife: he, an alcoholic, is convinced that he accidentally caused her fatal fall in their house while he was drunk.
01 January 1972
Atikamekw elder Cézar Néwashish continues to recount the history of the community of Manawan that first began in The History of Manawan: Part One.
08 October 1972
Delia Peletier has been paid to have a child for a wealthy man who wants an heir. She has the baby and turns it over to her "employer," but subsequently decides she wants the child back.
26 February 1972
Two cops, who have quit the police department to become private detectives and bounty hunters, hunt for a killer who has eluded capture for years.
14 October 1972
A guardian angel agrees to help Willie Mays win the National League Pennant if Mays agrees to take care of Veronica, a lonely, mischievous orphan girl.
16 December 1972
Daffy Duck is in Hollywood producing a movie about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
11 August 1972
Doc Saxon and his gang rob the Crown City bank but are double-crossed by Carrasco, a Mexican bandit, who steals the gold and leaves Doc and Donovan with nothing.
01 January 1972
Young adventurer Gipo owns one fifth of a rock illustrating the location of a rich gold mine. Risking his life more than once and with the help of the beautiful hooker, Lulu Belle, our hero sets out to recover the missing pieces.
04 February 1972
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17 May 1972
A satire of the welfare society showing the mechanical nature of the elderly care.
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