O Pagador de Promessas

O Pagador de Promessas is a drama Brazilian directed by Anselmo Duarte, released in 1962 , and adapted from the play by Alfredo Dias Gomes, entitled O Pagador of Promessas.

Summary

 * 1 Overview
 * 2 Data sheet
 * 3 Distribution
 * 4 Awards and honors
 * 5 External links

Synopsis [ edit | edit the code ]
Zé do Burro ( Leonardo Villar ) is a small landowner Nordeste whose best friend is a donkey. When his donkey falls seriously ill, following the fall of lightning, Zé promises a priestess of Candomblé if his donkey recovers, he will give his land to the poor and wear a cross, "as heavy as that of Christ" Since its farm to the Church of St. Barbara in Salvador de Bahia, where he will provide the local priest, the feast day of the saint. Once the healing of his donkey, Zé began its journey.

The film begins when Zé, followed by his wife Rosa ( Glória Menezes ), arrives at the church. The local priest (Dionisio Azevedo) refuses to accept the cross when he hears Zé he made a promise to Iansã, Afro-Brazilian goddess of the winds, storms and mistress of lightning. Everyone tries to take advantage of the naivety of Zé. Thus, the followers of Candomblé, organized group capoeira want to use it as a leader against the discrimination they suffer from the Catholic Church. As for television and tabloids, they transform his promise to give his land in a "communist" call for the land reform (which remains a very controversial issue in Brazil). When, after a scuffle on the church square, Zé is shot, perhaps by the police, to prevent him from entering the church, the faithful of Candomblé put his body on the cross and force the entrance of the church, while the rest of the crowd leaves instead.

Data Sheet [ edit | edit the code ]

 * Title: Data Word
 * Original title: O Pagador of Promessas
 * Director: Anselmo Duarte
 * Scenario: Anselmo Duarte and Dias Gomes
 * Production: Oswaldo Massaini
 * Production Company: Cinedistri
 * Music: Gabriel Movie
 * Photography: HE Fowle
 * Editing: Carlos Coimbra
 * Country of origin:  Brazil
 * Format: Black & White - Mono
 * Genre: Drama Film
 * Duration: 98 minutes
 * Release date: 1962

Distribution [ edit | edit the code ]

 * Leonardo Villar : Zé do Burro
 * Glória Menezes Rosa
 * Dionísio Azevedo : Olavo, the priest
 * Geraldo Del Rey : Bonitao
 * Roberto Ferreira : Dede

Awards and distinctions [ edit | edit the code ]

 * Golden Palm at Cannes Film Festival
 * Special Jury Prize of the International Film Festival of Cartagena ( 1962 )
 * Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco Film Festival
 * named for the Oscar for best foreign film