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The Jew (1996)
Directed by Jom Tob Azulay
Overview
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.
Length 90 minutes
Actors
Dina Sfat | Fernanda Torres | José Lewgoy | Mário Viegas | Cristina Aché | Ruy de Carvalho | Fabio Junqueira | Sinde Filipe | Fernando Curado Ribeiro | Sérgio Godinho | João Grosso | Laura Soveral | José Fonseca e Costa | André Gomes | Pedro Efe | Cândido Ferreira | Canto e Castro | Edwin Luisi | Amílcar Botica | Filipe Ferrer | João Maria Pinto | Varela Silva | Alexandre de Sousa | Ruth Escobar