Title: O pagador de promessas = La parole donnée /
Authors: Duarte, Anselmo, 1920-2009; Gomes, Dias, 1922-1999; Migliori, Gabriel; Fowle, Chick, 1915-1995; Villar, Leonardo, 1923-2020; Menezes, Glória, 1934-; Azevedo, Dionísio, 1922-1994; Bastos, Othon; Bengell, Norma, 1935-2013; Rey, Geraldo del
Year: 2010
Subjects: Motion pictures Brazil; Fiction films; Fiction films; Motion pictures
Abstract: To honor a promise made to Saint Barbara, Zé, a peasant from Bahia, must carry a heavy cross on his back to the altar of a church dedicated to the saint. But the priest forbids him to cross the doors, because his promise was made during a candomblé, a pagan ceremony considered as heretical. True to his word, Zé camps in front of the church, hoping for clemency from the priest. Revealed by the press, it quickly becomes a local attraction that everyone will try to take advantage of ... (container).