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The Jew

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Calorie Rating: 126
Released: 1996-01-16
Running Time: 90 Minutes


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.

Director / Directors



Cast

Felipe Pinheiro
Character: António José da Silva
Dina Sfat
Character: Lourença Coutinho
José Lewgoy
Character: D. Nuno da Cunha

Mário Viegas
Character: D. João V
José Neto
Character: D. Marcos
Edwin Luisi
Character: Alexandre de Gusmão

Fernanda Torres
Character: Brites
Ruy de Carvalho
Character: Padre Pantoja
Cristina Aché
Character: Leonor

Sinde Filipe
Character: Marquis of Alegrete
Sérgio Godinho
Character: António Teixeira
Curado Ribeiro
Character: Bispo D. Teotónio

Ruth Escobar
Character: D. Maria Ana
Cândido Ferreira
Character: Priest in the Bar
Laura Soveral
Character: Maria Coutinho

João Grosso
Character: D. Manuel
Rogério Paulo
Character: Promotor Santo Ofício
Varela Silva
Character: José Mendes da Silva

Alexandre de Sousa
Character: Priest
Canto e Castro
Character: Pregador
Fabio Junqueira
Character: Luis Barbuda

José Fonseca e Costa
Character: Surgeon
André Gomes
Character: Mordomo-mor
Amílcar Botica
Character: Bishop

Pedro Efe
Character: Warden
Filipe Ferrer
Character: Financial Secretary
João Maria Pinto
Character: Bartender


Production and Crew

Gilvan Pereira
Screenplay



António da Cunha Telles
Associate Producer
Fernando Vendrell
Executive Producer
Eduardo Serra
Director of Photography

Maria Gonzaga
Costume Designer
Adrian Cooper
Art Direction
Carlos Alberto Lopes
Sound Designer

Branko Neškov
Sound Designer