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Jun 29, 2024 · Director: George SluizerGenres: Crime, DramaSynopsis: Against all advice, a destitute Brazilian old man marries a nineteen-year-old girl. Because he can’t gi...
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"Working for the Knife" from the album Laurel Hell by Mitski. Laurel Hell out now.Listen + order: https://mitski.deadoc.co/laurel-hellThe Land Is Inhospitabl...
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João and the knife ( Portuguese: João e a faca; Dutch: João en het mes) is a 1972 Brazilian drama film directed by Dutch filmmaker George Sluizer. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival. [1] The film was also selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 46th Academy Awards, but was not ...
Oct 5, 1972 · John, the Knife and the River: Directed by George Sluizer. With Jofre Soares, Ana Maria Miranda, Joao-Augusto Azevedo, Douglas Santos. An older man consumed by jealousy over his much younger wife decides to venture into the jungle in search of riches without her.
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- Crime, Drama
- George Sluizer
- 1972-10-05
Based on a Brazilian poem and very attractive set in the country’s Amazonian and Northeast hinterlands, Joao and the Knife is a hauntingly strange and visually stunning picture. A poor and elderly hunter and cattleranger marries Maria, a 19-year old village girl, against logic and advice. As he cannot have children.
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 ...
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