João and the Knife
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. Suspense movie with a combination of ethnography, adventure and dramatic action, based on a poem by the Brazilian writer Odylo Costa Filho.
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João and the Knife
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
Status
Released
Release Date
Apr 1, 1972
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Drama, Crime
Original Title
A Faca e o Rio
Production Companies
Sluizer Films, Roberto Bakker Produções Cinematográficas
Director
George Sluizer
Description
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. Suspense movie with a combination of ethnography, adventure and dramatic action, based on a poem by the Brazilian writer Odylo Costa Filho.
