The Jew (1999)
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.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jom Tob Azulay
Actors: Cristina Aché, Dina Sfat, Fabio Junqueira, Fernanda Torres, Fernando Curado Ribeiro, José Lewgoy, Mário Viegas, Ruy de Carvalho, Sérgio Godinho, Sinde Filipe