The original title of the film is O Pagador de Promessas. The title translates literally as The Payer of Promises, but the film has been known by several other names in the English-speaking world, such as Keeper of Promises, The Given Word and The Promise (Wikipedia).

Beautiful movie about a simple believer who is just trying to help his donkey. The steady building of chaos and stress reminded me of the opportunism of Ace in the Hole, but the commentary here felt sharper, perhaps because it was so directly targeted at the church. The ending was a bit obvious, but overall this took me by surprise and I loved it.

Meh, pretty boring. Seems to be the Brazilian answer to Dryer, Bergman and Bresson in terms of its subject matter and a lot of its dialogue. But far less stylistically interesting than any of those. Cant really consider this anything more than another 90 minutes of my life wasted on a ‘classic’ film. Nothing of interest here. 3.5/10