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João and the Knife (1972)
Directed by George Sluizer
Drama, Crime · 1h 36m
Against all advice, a destitute Brazilian old man marries a nineteen-year-old girl. Because he can’t give her any children, he moves to the interior to make money, so she will at least have a good life. When he returns, he is told she has a three-year-old daughter. He buys himself a knife.
Cast
Jofre Soares
Ana Maria Miranda
Crew
- Director
- George Sluizer
- Writer
- George Sluizer
- Novel
- Odylo Costa Filho
- Director of Photography
- Jan de Bont
- Editor
- Jan Dop
- Producer
- George Sluizer
Details
- Original title
- A Faca e o Rio
- Release date
- 1972-04-01
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Netherlands, Brazil
- Production
- Sluizer Films, Roberto Bakker Produções Cinematográficas