João and the Knife

João and the Knife

1972/04/01 • Released • Portuguese

Drama
Crime
6.0
1h 36m

Overview

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. Suspense movie with a combination of ethnography, adventure and dramatic action, based on a poem by the Brazilian writer Odylo Costa Filho.

Director : George Sluizer

Casts
Jofre Soares

Jofre Soares

João

Ana Maria Miranda

Maria

João Augusto Azevedo

Judge

Douglas Santos

Zeferino

João Batista

Deodato

Áurea Campos

Dona Ana

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