''The First Mass'' ( pt, A Primeira Missa) is a 1961 Brazilian drama film directed by

Lima Barreto Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto (13 May 1881 – 1 November 1922) was a Brazilian novelist and journalist. A major figure in Brazilian Pre-Modernism, he is famous for the novel '' Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma'', a bitter satire of the first ...

, based on Nair Lacerda's short story "Nhá Colaquinha Cheia de Graça". It was entered into the

1961 Cannes Film Festival The 14th Cannes Film Festival was held from 3 to 18 May 1961. The Palme d'Or went to the ''Une aussi longue absence'', directed by Henri Colpi and ''Viridiana'', directed by Luis Buñuel. The festival opened with ''Che gioia vivere'', directed by ...

Cast

Roberto Alrean The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, ho ...

Dionísio Azevedo Dionísio Azevedo, stage name of Taufic Jacob (4 April 1922 – 11 December 1994) was a Brazilian television, theatre, and film actor, director, and writer. Career He started his career as an actor in Rádio Record in 1942. He moved to televi ...

as Mestre Zuza * Artur Barman * Felipe Barreto *

* Martin Binder * Francisco Brasileiro * Ricardo Campos * Margarida Cardoso * Múcio Ferreira *

Galileu Garcia ''Galileu'' is a science magazine in Brazil, which was founded in 1991. The magazine is owned by Editora Globo. ''Galileu'' was first called "Globo Ciência" (in English "Globo Science"). The current magazine is named after Galileo Galilei, or '' ...

* Vittorio Gobbis * Jaime Gonçalves * Luciano Gregory * Henricão * Nieta Junqueira *

Ferreira Leite __NOTOC__ Ferreira may refer to: People * Ferreira (surname) * Ferreira (footballer, born 1979), Josiesley Ferreira Rosa, Brazilian football striker * Ferreira (footballer, born 1984), Antonio Ferreira de Oliveira Junior, Brazilian football centr ...

* Cavalheiro Lima * José Mariano Filho * Nelson Oliver * Joel Penteado * Jacyra Sampaio

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* 1961 drama films 1961 films 1960s Portuguese-language films Brazilian black-and-white films Brazilian drama films Films about Catholicism Films based on short fiction Films directed by Lima Barreto {{1960s-drama-film-stub