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João and the Knife

Genres

Drama , Crime

Duration

96 min

Director

George Sluizer

Rating

6.0

Release Date

March 31, 1972

João and the Knife

Original title: A Faca e o Rio

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Synopsis João and the Knife

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.