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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