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João and the knife ( Portuguese: João e a faca; Dutch: João en het mes) is a 1972 Brazilian drama film directed by Dutch filmmaker George Sluizer. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival. [1] The film was also selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 46th Academy Awards, but was not ...
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.
- George Sluizer
Odylo Costa Filho Novel. Jan de Bont Cinematography. Jan Dop Editing. Roberto Bakker Producer. Anne Lordon Producer. Critics reviews. An older man consumed by jealousy over his much younger wife decides to venture into the jungle in search of riches without her.
João and the Knife (Portuguese: João e a faca; Dutch: João en het mes) is a 1972 Brazilian Dutch drama movie directed by George Sluizer and starring Joffre Soares, Ana Maria Miranda, Joao-Augusto Azevedo, Douglas Santos.
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. Against all advice, a destitute Brazilian old man marries a nineteen-year-old girl.
1972. 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.
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