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The Jew

Audience Score
43
The Jew
NR 1 hr 30 minDrama
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.

Movie Details

Original Language:Portuguese
Executive Producers:Fernando Vendrell