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The Given Word

Movie
1962
1h 38m
Portuguese
Drama
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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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8.1
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The Given Word (1962) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
95

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Cast

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Leonardo Villar
Zé do Burro
Glria Menezes
Dionsio Azevedo
Olavo, the priest
Geraldo del Rey
Bonitão / Handsome
Roberto Ferreira
Othon Bastos
Reporter
Antnio Pitanga
Coca, the capoeirista
Gilberto Marques
Norma Bengell
Jurema Penna
Milton Gacho
Police Officer
Enoch Torres
Inspetor
Carlos Torres
Coca's Friend
Joo Di Sordi
Veveldo Diniz
Maria Conceio
Irnio Simes
Walter da Silveira
Napoleo Lopes Filho
Ceclia Rabelo
Alair Liguori
Canjiquinha
Capoeira
Igncio de Loyola Brando
Garibaldo Matos
Directed By: Anselmo Duarte
Written By: Anselmo Duarte (Screenplay), Dias Gomes (Screenplay)

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Fernando Monteiro says...
one year ago
A sensational story, the film is just not perfect because some details could be better and the acting is not great
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Jay Shuai says...
one year ago
Meh, pretty boring. Seems to be the Brazilian answer to Dryer, Bergman and Bresson in terms of its subject matter and a lot of its dialogue. But far less stylistically interesting than any of those. Cant really consider this anything more than another 90 minutes of my life wasted on a ‘classic’ film. Nothing of interest here. 3.5/10
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Maarten Delfgou says...
2 years ago
The original title of the film is O Pagador de Promessas. The title translates literally as The Payer of Promises, but the film has been known by several other names in the English-speaking world, such as Keeper of Promises, The Given Word and The Promise (Wikipedia).
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