Year: 1962
Genre:
Drama
Category: Movie
IMDB Rating: 8,3 (NEVAZUT)
Country: Brazil
Language:
Director: Anselmo Duarte
Writer: Anselmo Duarte, Dias Gomes
Composer: Gabriel Migliori
Producer: Oswaldo Massaini
Actors: Leonardo Villar, Glória Menezes, Dionísio Azevedo, Geraldo Del Rey, Roberto Ferreira, Norma Bengell, Othon Bastos, Antonio Pitanga, Gilberto Marques, Milton Gaucho, Enoch Torres, Carlos Torres, João Di Sordi, Veveldo Diniz, Maria Conceição, Irenio Simoes, Walter da Silveira, Napoleao Lopes Filho, Cecília Rabelo, Jurema Penna, Alair Liguori, Canjiquinha, Américo Coimbra, Ignácio de Loyola Brandão, Garibaldo Matos
Description: Zé-do-Burro has only one worldly possession, his donkey, that he named Nicolas and considers to have a sole like himself, a law abiding Christian just a trifle naive. During a tempest, Nicolas is seriously wounded, and Zé-do-Burro, out of despair, makes a promise: to carry a cross as large as Christ's, to the altar of Saint Barbara - the nearest being in the city of Bahia. He vows to do so in a Candomblé session, dedicated to the goddess Yansan - that in the popular belief corresponds to that Christian saint. Nicolas fully recovers from his illness, and Zé-do-Burro produces a large cross with his own hands and tools, and then carries it on foot to Bahia, accompanied by his wife, Rosa. He has to stay by the church's closed door, and the only person who comes to meet them is Bonitão, the local pimp, who offers to take Rosa to a pension while Zé-do-Burro keeps his promise of staying by the cross. Next morning, the priest is surprised but satisfied with the faith shown by Zé-do-Burro - ...
Comments:
Duration: 98 minutes (at 23.976 frames per second)
File path: Z:\05009 - The Promise - O Pagador de Promessas (1962)\The Promise - O Pagador de Promessas (1962).avi
Filesize: 1402 MB
Video: XviD - resolution: 560x416 - quality: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
Audio:
Subtitles: English