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Leonardo Villar, 96, Actor Who Was Revered in Brazil - No. 1310 - Обет - Obet (O Pagador de Promessas)
English Title: Given Word / The Keeper of Promises
Poster ID: CL50806
Category: Movies
Designer: Khazanovski
Year: 1960s
Actor / Director: Leonardo Villar, Gloria Menezes, Dionisio Azevedo, Geraldo Del Rey, Roberto Ferreira, dir. Anselmo Duarte
Film Studio: Cinedistri
Country: Russian
Film Country: Brazilian
Approximate Size 25 x 39 inches
Condition: Very Good
Price: $300

First release in Russia of the 1962 Anselmo Duarte Brazilian religious romantic melodrama based on the play by Dias Gomes. "Leonardo Villar, whose star turn as Donkey Jack in “The Given Word” (also known in English as “Keeper of Promises”) made him one of Brazil’s most revered actors and helped the film clinch the top prize at Cannes in 1962, died on July 3 in São Paulo. He was 96. It was also the first South American film to be nominated for an Oscar — for best foreign-language film." New York Times

Keywords: Religion,Cross,Horizontal,Passion play,Religious,Dias Gomes,Adaptation,Khazanovski