1962 Brazilian film directed by Anselmo Duarte
O Pagador de Promessas (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [u paɡaˈdoʁ dʒi pɾoˈmɛsɐs]; Keeper of Promises) is a 1962 Brazilian drama film written and directed by Anselmo Duarte, based on the stage play of the same name by Dias Gomes. Shot in Salvador, Bahia, it stars Leonardo Villar and Glória Menezes.
The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first and only Brazilian film to achieve that feat. A year later, it also became the first Brazilian and South American film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 35th Academy Awards.
In 2015, the Brazilian Film Critics Association aka Abraccine voted Keeper of Promises the 9th greatest Brazilian film of all time, in its list of the 100 best Brazilian films.
Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.