The Given Word (1962)
1h 38m
Running Time
April 17, 1962Release Date
Plot.
Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to Saint Bárbara: If his donkey recovers, he will carry a cross - like Jesus - all the way from his city to Saint Bárbara's church, in the state capital. Upon the recovery of his donkey, Zé leaves on his journey. He makes it to the church, but the priest refuses to accept the cross once he discovers the context of Zé's promise.
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Cast & Crew.
Leonardo Villar
Zé do Burro
Glória Menezes
Rosa
Dionísio Azevedo
Padre Olavo
Geraldo del Rey
Bonitão
Roberto Ferreira
Dedé
Othon Bastos
Reporter
Antônio Pitanga
Mestre Coca
Gilberto Marques
Galego / Makeup Artist
Norma Bengell
Marli
Jurema Penna
Zealot
Milton Gaúcho
Policial
Enoch Torres
Inspetor
Carlos Torres
Coca's Friend
João Di Sordi
Detetive
Veveldo Diniz
Sexton
Maria Conceição
Auntie
Irênio Simões
Editor
Walter da Silveira
Bishop
Napoleão Lopes Filho
Bishop
Cecília Rabelo
Zealot
Alair Liguori
Zealot
Canjiquinha
Capoeira
Anselmo Duarte
Director / Screenplay
Oswaldo Massaini
Producer
Gabriel Migliori
Original Music Composer
H.E. Fowle
Director of Photography
Carlos Coimbra
Editor
José Teixeira De Araujo
Art Direction
Roberto Ribeiro
Unit Production Manager
Carlos Foscolo
Sound
Juarez Dagoberto Costa
Special Effects
Josef Reindl
Special Effects
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 17, 1962
Original NameO Pagador de Promessas
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
Genres
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Wiki.
O Pagador de Promessas (Portuguese pronunciation: [u paɡaˈdoʁ dʒi pɾoˈmɛsɐs], Keeper of Promises) is a 1962 Brazilian drama film written and directed by Anselmo Duarte, based on the famous stage play of the same name by Dias Gomes. Shot in Salvador, Bahia, it stars Leonardo Villar.
The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first film by a Brazilian director to achieve that feat. A year later, it also became the first Brazilian and South American film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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.
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