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The Jew

The Jew (O Judeu)

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  • Portugal,
  • Brazil
  • 1996
  • · 90m

Director Jom Tob Azulay
Cast Dina Sfat, Fernanda Torres, José Lewgoy, Mário Viegas
Genre Drama

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.

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