The First Mass (1961)
1h 30m
Running Time
May 1, 1961Release Date
Plot.
Meant principally for a sympathetic audience, whether Catholic or not, this routine story about a priest's receiving the call to the cloth may be a bit slow and theatrical for some viewers. Directed by Lima Barreto, the tale is told in a series of flashbacks as the priest remembers how he was transformed as a child into a person willing to give his life in service of the church and his God. Barreto also scripted the story, which in the end, may be too filled with religious platitudes and preachy overtones to effectively convey its message.
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Cast & Crew.
Roberto Alrean
Actor
Dionísio Azevedo
Mestre Zuza
Artur Barman
Actor
Felipe Barreto
Actor
Lima Barreto
Director
Nair Lacerda
Writer
Gabriel Migliori
Composer
H.E. Fowle
Cinematographer
Mauro Alice
Editor
Mamoru Miyao
Continuity
Cavalheiro Lima
Ferreira Leite
Nieta Junqueira
Henricão
Luciano Gregory
Jaime Gonçalves
Vittorio Gobbis
Galileu Garcia
Múcio Ferreira
Ricardo Campos
Francisco Brasileiro
Martin Binder
Jacyra Sampaio
Joel Penteado
Oliver Nelson
José Mariano Filho
Details.
Wiki.
The First Mass (Portuguese: A Primeira Missa) is a 1961 Brazilian drama film directed by Lima Barreto, based on Nair Lacerda's short story "Nhá Colaquinha Cheia de Graça". It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.