Film
The Jew
Brazil · Portugal- Director
- Jom Tob Azulay
- Year
- 1996
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.
Top cast
Felipe Pinheiro
António José da Silva
Dina Sfat
Lourença Coutinho
José Lewgoy
D. Nuno da Cunha
Mário Viegas
D. João V
José Neto
D. Marcos
Edwin Luisi
Alexandre de Gusmão
Fernanda Torres
Brites
Ruy de Carvalho
Padre Pantoja
Cristina Aché
Leonor
Sinde Filipe
Marquis of Alegrete
Sérgio Godinho
António Teixeira
Curado Ribeiro
Bispo D. Teotónio
Ruth Escobar
D. Maria Ana
Cândido Ferreira
Priest in the Bar
Laura Soveral
Maria Coutinho
João Grosso
D. Manuel
Rogério Paulo
Promotor Santo Ofício
Varela Silva
José Mendes da Silva
Directed by
Jom Tob Azulay
Written by
Millor Fernandes, Gilvan Pereira, Jom Tob Azulay, Geraldo Carneiro
Produced by
Cláudio Kahns, Jom Tob Azulay