The Jew

(1996)

★ 5.7 IMDb · 6 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1996

Runtime: 90 мин

Country: Brazil, Portugal

Director: Jom Tob Azulay

Cast: Felipe Pinheiro, Dina Sfat, José Lewgoy, Mário Viegas, José Neto, Edwin Luisi, Фернанда Торрес, Ruy de Carvalho, Cristina Aché, Sinde Filipe

Plot

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.