O Pagador de Promessas

1962 [PORTUGUESE]

Drama

10
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 100%
IMDb Rating 8.3/10 10 4762 4.8K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Anselmo Duarte Photo
Anselmo Duarte

Top cast

Leonardo Villar Photo
Leonardo Villar as Zé do Burro / Donkey Jack
Norma Bengell Photo
Norma Bengell as Marly, the Prostitute
Antonio Pitanga Photo
Antonio Pitanga as Coca, the Capoeira Fighter
Othon Bastos Photo
Othon Bastos as Reporter
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847 MB
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Portuguese 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
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1.53 GB
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Portuguese 2.0
14
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23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Leaburn O 8 / 10

Very atmospheric parable of a poor man who

Very atmospheric parable of a poor man who sacrifices everything for his faith and the corruption of those in power. It’s very basic in many ways but done extremely well and stays gripping throughout despite the basic premise and predictability. Watched on YouTube.
Reviewed by Vitor O 10 / 10

The first and only Brazilian film to win

The first and only Brazilian film to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes, this is, to this day, an excellent example of Brazilian neorealism and one of the greatest achievements of Brazilian cinema.
Reviewed by William L 9 / 10

A great piece of world cinema in that

A great piece of world cinema in that it allowed me, as someone unfamiliar with the nuances of Brazilian culture, to see internationally relevant themes played out using specific circumstances and relationships of an environment that was foreign to me. Any number of directors had touched on crises of faith and discord in religious truth prior to Duarte, but he places it in a compelling setting that takes advantage of his surroundings, with Villar's Zé set upon carrying out a deed of objective charity only to find himself cast out, then used as a pawn in a larger, simmering conflict between the ordered, unforgiving Catholic church, the Candomblé, political and social activists, and a series of opportunists simply seeking to take advantage of his circumstances; none of them care for Zé or his task, but only see him in the context of their own betterment. There's plenty of universality in the film (the faith v. church themes immediately bring to mind Bergman or Buñuel), capturing a potent and broadly applicable mix of culture clash, dynamic social change, and boiling tensions without the need for wide-angle cinematography or large-scale production value. Zé's pain is a particularly distressing one, as he is completely convinced of the purity of his task, only to be rebuffed on a technicality that supposedly renders him a heathen, and is subsequently miscast as a symbol rather than an individual, left adrift in a sea of people without a single one to actually listen to him. One of relatively few Brazilian films to reach the status of truly internationally acclaimed, but a world classic. Now if only it were actually moderately accessible to stream... The film is intense, but it's hard for me to ignore that the plot very roughly traces a sincere take on the plot of Life of Brian ("He is the Messiah!"/"I'm not the Messiah!"). (4.5/5)
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