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O Pagador de Promessas
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| Keeper of Promises (O Pagador de Promessas) |
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| Directed by | Anselmo Duarte |
| Produced by | Francisco de Castro Anselmo Duarte Oswaldo Massaini |
| Written by | Dias Gomes (play) Anselmo Duarte |
| Starring | Leonardo Villar Glória Menezes Norma Bengell Dionísio Azevedo |
| Music by | Gabriel Migliori |
| Cinematography | H.E. Fowle |
| Editing by | Carlos Coimbra |
| Distributed by | Cinedistri (Original release) Globo Vídeo (Re-release) Lionex Films Inc. (US) Doperfilme (Portugal) |
| Release date(s) |  March 24, 1964 (NYC only) |
| Running time | 98 min |
| Language | Portuguese |
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O Pagador de Promessas is a 1962 Brazilian drama film directed by Anselmo Duarte. Its title translates as The Payer of Promises, but the film has also been known by several other names in the English-speaking world, including Keeper of Promises, The Given Word and The Promise.
Duarte (who was also one of the film's producers) adapted the screenplay himself from the famous stage play written by Dias Gomes. The film won the 1962 Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival and it was the first Brazilian film to be nominated to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Zé do Burro (Leonardo Villar) is the landowner from Brazilian northeast region. His best friend is a donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to a Candomblé priestess: if his donkey recovers, he will give away his land to the poor and carry a cross (like Jesus Christ) all the way from his farm to the cathedral of St. Barbara in Salvador, Bahia. Upon the recover of his donkey, Zé leaves on his journey. The movie begins as Zé and his wife Rosa (Glória Menezes) arrive outside of the cathedral. The priest (Dionísio Azevedo) refuses to accept the cross once he hears the about his "pagan" pledge and the reasons behind it. Everyone attempts to manipulate the innocent and naïve Zé. The local Candomblé worshippers, for example, want to use him to fight the discrimination of the European church. The sensationalist newspapers transform his promise to give away his land into a call for agrarian reform. When the police shoot Zé, the Candomblé worshippers put his body on his cross and carry it into the church.
- Leonardo Villar as "Zé do Burro" ("Joe of the Donkey")
- Glória Menezes as "Rosa", Zé's wife
- Dionísio Azevedo as "Olavo", the priest
- Geraldo Del Rey as "Bonitão" ("Handsome guy")
- Norma Bengell as "Marly", the prostitute
- Othon Bastos as "Reporter"
- Won: 1962 Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival
- Won: 1962 Golden Gate Award for Best Film at San Francisco International Film Festival
- Won: 1962 Golden Gate Award for Best Musical Score at San Francisco International Film Festival
- Nominated: 1963 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
| Preceded by The Long Absence tied with Viridiana |
Palme d'Or 1962 |
Succeeded by The Leopard |
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