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"The Jew"
1995
Directed by Jom Tob Azuley

Set during the Spanish Inquisition, this provocative, unusual Portuguese film is based on the true story of Antonio da Silva, a talented playwright and writer in 18th-century Portugal who is accused of heresy: still secretly being a Jew, even after converting to Catholicism. He must stand up to a ferocious Church hierarchy at odds with a decadent monarchy. "Even more hair-raising than The Crucible…. An incongruously beautiful period film" (Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune). Portuguese with English subtitles. Portugal/Brazil.  85 minutes.