Fifty Steps to Justice
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Fifty Steps to Justice |
| Original title | O Pagador de Promessas |
| Country of production | Brazil |
| original language | Portuguese |
| Publishing year | 1962 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Anselmo Duarte |
| script | Anselmo Duarte Dias Gomes (dialogues) |
| production | Oswaldo Massaini |
| music | Gabriel Migliori |
| camera | HE Fowle |
| cut | Carlos Coimbra |
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Fifty Steps to Justice is a Brazilian feature film from 1962. The film was based on a play by Dias Gomes , who wrote the dialogues for the screenplay.
action
Zé do Burro is a farmer whose best friend is a donkey. When he fell ill, he promised a Candomblé priest that he would give his land away and run with a cross to Salvador da Bahia if the donkey recovered. Because of this vow he carries a large wooden cross from northwest Brazil to Salvador da Bahia. He is accompanied by his wife Rosa. When he reached the church of St. Barbara in Salvador da Bahia, the parish priest refused him entry. The Roman Catholic priest had learned that Zé Burro had taken his vows with a Candomblé priest. Stranded in Salvador, the naive Zé do Burro is now the plaything of the local interest groups. The local Candomblé congregation would like to make him their leader in order to use his fate to draw attention to the oppression by the Roman Catholic Church. A sensational reporter turns him into a communist who wants to draw attention to the necessary land reform in Brazil with his land donation. However, Zé do Burro continues to demand entry into the church, which is now protected by the police. When he couldn't be dissuaded, a police officer shot him. The Candomblé congregation fixes the body on the wooden cross and ultimately brings it to the church.
Reviews
"Film adaptation of a Brazilian play; less a polemic against the church than against intolerance and dogmatism in social and political life. "
“A Brazilian farmer is denied fulfillment of a vow because he took it in front of a pagan statue. Only for adults who are confident in their judgment. "
Awards
The film entered the competition at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1962 and won the Palme d'Or . It was the first Brazilian film to win the Palme d'Or (the 1959 competition entry Orfeu Negro was submitted on behalf of France). A year later, Fifty Steps to Justice was also nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category, but lost Sundays with Sybill to the French entry . Fifty Steps to Justice was the first South American film to be nominated for this Oscar.
Web links
- Fifty steps for justice in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fifty Steps to Justice. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Munich, Review No. 181/1963
- ↑ cf. Profile of Orfeu Negro at festival-cannes.fr (accessed April 20, 2010)