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The Jew (1996)

The Jew (1996)

Drama
Release Date: 1996, January 16
Directors: Jom Tob Azulay
Countries: Brazil, Portugal
Production: Tatu Filmes, Tatu Filmes, Embrafilme, Embrafilme, Instituto Português da Arte Cinematográfica e Audiovisual, Instituto Português da Arte Cinematográfica e Audiovisual
Cast: Fernanda Torres, Pedro Efe, Alexandre de Sousa, José Lewgoy, André Gomes, Laura Soveral, Ruy de Carvalho, Cristina Aché, Sinde Filipe, José Neto, Sérgio Godinho, Cândido Ferreira

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.