The Jew (film)

O Judeu
O Judeu
Directed by	Jom Tob Azulay
Country	Brazil/Portugal
Language	Portuguese

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]

Cast

Felipe Pinheiro - António José da Silva
Dina Sfat – Lourença Coutinho
Mário Viegas – D. João V
Cristina Aché – Leonor
Edwin Luisi – Alexandre de Gusmão
Fernanda Torres – Brites
José Neto – D. Marcos
Ruy de Carvalho – Padre Pantoja
Sinde Filipe – Marquês do Alegrete
Santos Manuel – Professor
Rogério Paulo – Promotor do Santo Ofício
António Anjos – Secretário de D. Nuno
Sérgio Godinho – António Teixiera
Fernando Curado Ribeiro – Bispo D. Teotónio
Ruth Escobar – Rainha D. Maria^[2]
Cândido Ferreira - Padre

References

^ 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.
^ Ficha artística no NY Times