The Jew
5.0(5 votes)
January 16, 1996
1h 30m
Overview
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.
Director
Jom Tob AzulayWriters
Millor Fernandes, Gilvan Pereira, Jom Tob Azulay
