O Pagador de Promessas (1962)

Directed by

Anselmo Duarte

Genre

drama film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

10

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 125 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poor farmer travels to a church to fulfill a promise he made to a saint. Along the way, he faces opposition from the local priest and townspeople who do not approve of his methods.

earnesttensesomberslow-burngroundedheartfeltconflict-driven

What happens

O Pagador de Promessas (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [u paɡaˈdoʁ dʒi pɾoˈmɛsɐs]; Keeper of Promises) is a 1962 Brazilian drama film written and directed by Anselmo Duarte, based on the stage play of the same name by Dias Gomes. Shot in Salvador, Bahia, it stars Leonardo Villar and Glória Menezes. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first and only Brazilian film to achieve that feat. A year later, it also became the first Brazilian and South American film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 35th Academy Awards. In 2015, the Brazilian Film Critics Association aka Abraccine voted Keeper of Promises the 9th greatest Brazilian film of all time, in its list of the 100 best Brazilian films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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