The story of Brazilian Antônio José da Silva, a jewish poet, playwright and lawyer living in the 18th Century Lisbon, who managed to avoid Inquisition by converting himself to Catholicism, after being tortured. But his fierce criticism of Portugal's élite led him to persecution and torture, becoming kind of a scapegoat.
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Dina Sfat as Lourença Coutinho
José Lewgoy as D. Nuno da Cunha
Mário Viegas as D. João V
José Neto as D. Marcos
Edwin Luisi as Alexandre de Gusmão
Fernanda Torres as Brites
Ruy de Carvalho as Padre Pantoja
Cristina Aché as Leonor
Sinde Filipe as Marquis of Alegrete
Sérgio Godinho as António Teixeira
Curado Ribeiro as Bispo D. Teotónio
Ruth Escobar as D. Maria Ana
Cândido Ferreira as Priest in the Bar
Laura Soveral as Maria Coutinho
João Grosso as D. Manuel
Rogério Paulo as Promotor Santo Ofício
Millor Fernandes Screenplay
Jom Tob Azulay Director
Gilvan Pereira Screenplay
Jom Tob Azulay Story
Geraldo Carneiro Screenplay
José Manuel de S. Lopes Editor
Ruy Guerra Editor
Pedro Ribeiro Editor
Cláudio Kahns Producer
Carlos Alberto Lopes Sound Designer
Adrian Cooper Art Direction
Branko Neškov Sound Designer
Fernando Vendrell Executive Producer
Eduardo Serra Director of Photography
Maria Gonzaga Costume Designer
Jom Tob Azulay Producer
Antônio José da Silva, O Judeu Trailer
Brazil 01 June 1999
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23 October 1996
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05 January 1996
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24 May 1996
Set on May 18, 1993—the day on which Denmark voted to join the European Union, just a few months after they'd voted not to do so—the film follows eight or so disparate Danes (an escaped mental patient, a newly-famous singer, a business executive, and their assorted families and cohorts) as they unwittingly alter one another's lives, for better and for worse.
04 February 1996
Peter Nestler illustrates a poem by Hans Sachs from 1540.
01 January 1996
Peter is fed up with his father’s unfulfilled promises to visit his friend Zoran, who moved far away with his parents some months ago.
25 February 1996
Standing in the way of Hojo and Asami is Secretary-General Isaoka, and a new enemy, the Russian Mafia.
01 January 1996
Sgt. John Paul Quezada (Dolphy) gets Col. Macanto (Babalu) through a series of unfortunate events. Sgt.
07 October 1996
Teenager, Clare Steves, is kidnapped by an old boyfriend, Eddie Spencer, who demands $250,000. The ransom is paid and Clare is released, but when the kidnapers are caught, they claim that the whole scheme was Clare's idea as a way to punish her father.
31 December 1996
A young man makes ends meet by selling camotes in his small providence town, has zero luck getting with the ladies, and is too broke to afford the hookers of the town.
02 July 1996
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01 January 1996
On a supermarket shelf, a particular alarm clock keeps blaring off-hand, upsetting the staff and the customers.
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