São Bernardo is a 1972 Brazilian film written and directed by Leon Hirszman, based on the novel ''São Bernardo'' by

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. It stars Othon Bastos as Paulo Honório, a farmer and landowner in

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tortured by his personal desires and ambitions.

Release

The film was released by

Embrafilme Embrafilme (in full: ''Empresa Brasileira de Filmes S.A.'') was a Brazilian State-owned company created on September 12, 1969 for production, funding and distribution of Brazilian movies. The company was dissolved on March 16, 1990 by the National P ...

in 1972 in Brazil. It was screened in 2012 by the

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, in

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Reception

The film was called "a true masterpiece" by Brazilian film magazine ''Contracampo''.

Awards

The film won Best Actor for Bastos at the

Gramado Film Festival The Gramado Film Festival ( pt, Festival de Gramado) is an international film festival held annually in the Brazilian city of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, since 1973. In 1992, the festival began to award Latin American films produced outside of Br ...

References

External links

* 1972 films Brazilian drama films 1970s Portuguese-language films 1972 drama films {{Brazil-film-stub