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.


The Jew (1996)
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Felipe Pinheiro
António José da Silva

Dina Sfat
Lourença Coutinho

José Lewgoy
D. Nuno da Cunha

Mário Viegas
D. João V

José Neto
D. Marcos

Edwin Luisi
Alexandre de Gusmão

Fernanda Torres
Brites

Ruy de Carvalho
Padre Pantoja

Cristina Aché
Leonor