O pagador de promessas
Brazil / Portugal,
1962, 97 min
Shown in 1962
CREDITS
- dir
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Anselmo Duarte
- prod
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Oswaldo Massaini, Francisco de Castro, Anselmo Duarte
- scr
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Anselmo Duarte
- cam
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Chick Fowle
- editor
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Carlos Coimbra
- mus
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Gabriel Migliori
- cast
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Leonardo Vilar, Glória Menezes, Dionísio Azevedo, Geraldo d’El Rey, Roberto Ferreira, Norma Bengell
- prod co
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Cinedistri; Produções Francisco de Castro
- source
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Massaini Productions
- gga award
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Best Film; Best Musical Score: Feature Length Films
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COMMENTS
Anselmo Duarte in person; aka The Given Word.
OTHER
Based on the play by Dias Gomes, Keeper of Promises focuses on the trials of Ze (Leonardo Vilar), a poor farmer. When Ze's prized possession, a donkey, falls ill he vows that he will carry a heavy cross to the Church of Santa Barbara if the donkey is cured. As if by a miracle the donkey recovers and so Ze sets out on his journey to Salvador. When he arrives at the church he is refused entry by the priest. From here on out the film is politically charged, with the church, who believe Ze is a revolutionary and a troublemaker, fighting the people who believe Ze should get admittance to the church. This film criticizes the clerical aspect of the church rather than the spiritual validity of either side of the feud.
FACTOID #111
Both parents of TV star Mariska Hargitay attended the Festival, but not at the same time. Actress Jayne Mansfield attended in 1966 on a lark, and bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay attended in 1989, having appeared as himself in György Szomjas’s film Mr. Universe.
