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João and the Knife

19720.0 / 1096 min
Drama, Crime

Overview

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.

Cast

Jofre Soares

Jofre Soares

João

Ana Maria Miranda

Ana Maria Miranda

Maria

João Augusto Azevedo

João Augusto Azevedo

Judge

Douglas Santos

Douglas Santos

Zeferino

João Batista

João Batista

Deodato

Áurea Campos

Áurea Campos

Dona Ana

Crew

Tom Tholen

Tom Tholen

Sound

George Sluizer

George Sluizer

Producer

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Music

George Sluizer

George Sluizer

Director

George Sluizer

George Sluizer

Writer

Juarez Dagoberto Costa

Juarez Dagoberto Costa

Sound

Virgílio Costa

Virgílio Costa

Art Direction

Jan Dop

Jan Dop

Editor

Odylo Costa Filho

Odylo Costa Filho

Novel

Jan de Bont

Jan de Bont

Director of Photography