João and the Knife

Overview

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.

Details

• Status Released
• Release Date April 1, 1972
• Budget N/A
• Revenue N/A
• Production Sluizer Films, Roberto Bakker Produções Cinematográficas