João and the Knife

    João and the Knife
    1972

    Synopsis

    Against all advice, a destitute Brazilian old man marries a nineteen-year-old girl. Because he can’t give her any children, he moves to the interior to make money, so she will at least have a good life. When he returns, he is told she has a three-year-old daughter. He buys himself a knife. Suspense movie with a combination of ethnography, adventure and dramatic action, based on a poem by the Brazilian writer Odylo Costa Filho.

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      Cast

      • Jofre SoaresJoão
      • Ana Maria MirandaMaria
      • João Augusto AzevedoJudge
      • Douglas SantosZeferino
      • João BatistaDeodato
      • Áurea CamposDona Ana
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