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The Given Word is a brésilien film of genre Drama directed by Anselmo Duarte released in USA on 24 march 1964 with Leonardo Villard

The Given Word (1962)

O Pagador de Promessas

The Given Word
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Released in USA 24 march 1964
Length 1h38
Directed by
OriginBresil
Genres Drama
Rating82% 4.142544.142544.142544.142544.14254

O Pagador de Promessas ([u paɡaˈdoʁ dʒi pɾoˈmɛsɐs], The Payer of Promises) is a 1962 Brazilian drama film directed by Anselmo Duarte. Duarte adapted the screenplay himself from the famous stage play written by Dias Gomes. Shot in Salvador, Bahia, it stars Leonardo Villar.

It won the Palme d'Or at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first (and to date the only) Brazilian film to achieve that feat. A year later, it also became the first Brazilian and South American film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Synopsis

Zé do Burro (Leonardo Villar) is a landowner from Nordeste. His best friend is a donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé promises to a Candomblé orisha, Iansan, that if his donkey recovers, he will give away his land to the poor and carry a cross all the way from his farm to the Saint Bárbara Church in Salvador, Bahia, where he will offer the cross to the local priest. Upon the recovery of his donkey, Zé leaves on his journey. The movie begins as Zé, followed by his wife Rosa (Glória Menezes), arrives outside the church. The local priest (Dionísio Azevedo) refuses to accept the cross once he hears about Zé's "pagan" pledge and the reasons behind it. Everyone attempts to manipulate the innocent and naïve Zé. The local Candomblé worshippers, for example, want to use him as a leader against the discrimination they suffer from the Roman Catholic Church. The sensationalist newspapers transform his promise to give away his land into a "communist" call for land reform (which still is a very controversial issue in Brazil). When Zé is shot by the police to prevent his way into the church, the Candomblé worshippers put his dead body on the cross and force their way into the church.

Actors

Leonardo Villard

(Zé do Burro)Glória Menezes

(Rosa)Norma Bengell

(Marli)Dionísio Azevedo

(Padre Olavo)Othon Bastos

(Reporter)
And :
Geraldo Del Rey
Antônio Pitanga
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