João en het mes
George Sluizer / NL, BR, 1972 / 95 min.
George Sluizer’s stunning feature film debut João and the Knife (1972) is now screened in a new 4K-restoration. The 'George Sluizer Collected Works' DVD box set including such classics as Stamping Ground (1971) and Spoorloos (1988, remade as The Vanishing), films that were restored by Eye, is available in Eye’s museum shop.
press reviews
“A powerful story, a very beautiful film." The New York Times
“Here is a hauntingly strange and visually stunning picture.' Variety
“The most authentic film about Brazilian life in the interior I have ever seen.' Globo Brazil
“No trophy is big enough to honour such a pure, authentic and sensitive work.' Jornal da Tarde Brazil
Details
Director
George Sluizer
Production year
1972
Country
NL, BR
Original title
João en het mes
Length
95 min.
Subtitles
NLD
Format
DCP
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