João and the Knife 1972

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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.

Release Date 1972-04-01
Runtime 1h 36m
Directors George Sluizer, Jan de Bont
Producer George Sluizer
Writers Odylo Costa Filho, George Sluizer