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The Jew (film)

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O Judeu
Directed byJom Tob Azulay
CountryBrazil/Portugal
LanguagePortuguese

The Jew (Portuguese: O Judeu) is a 1996 Brazilian-Portuguese co-production film directed by Jom Tob Azulay with Filipe Pinheiro in the title role, Dina Sfat, and Mário Viegas as the king. It tells the story of the writer António José da Silva, nicknamed "the Jew", burned at the stake during the reign of King João V of Portugal in 1739.[1]

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  1. ^ Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols Ph.D., Timothy R. Robbins Ph.D. Pop Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean 2015 - 1610697545- Page 145 "In Brazil, Jom Tob Azulay's film, O judeu [The Jew, 1996], tells of 18th-century intellectual Antônio José da Silva, who was executed via strangulation by the Inquisition. Other Brazilian filmmakers who deal with Jewish themes include Jayme Monjardim, who directed Olga (2004); João Batista de Andrade, director of Vlado Trinta Anos Depois [Vlado Thirty Years Later, 2005]; and Cao Hamburger, whose O Ano em que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias [The Year My Parents Went on Vacation, 2006] is a coming-of-age story about Mauro, whose parents are forced to flee the country.
  2. ^ Ficha artística no NY Times