The First Mass

A Primeira Missa

“A Brazilian film to the heart of the world”

Meant principally for a sympathetic audience, whether Catholic or not, this routine story about a priest's receiving the call to the cloth may be a bit slow and theatrical for some viewers. Directed by Lima Barreto, the tale is told in a series of flashbacks as the priest remembers how he was transformed as a child into a person willing to give his life in service of the church and his God. Barreto also scripted the story, which in the end, may be too filled with religious platitudes and preachy overtones to effectively convey its message.

Dirección

Lima Barreto

Guion

Lima Barreto

Música

Gabriel Migliori

Estado

Estrenada

Estreno

01/05/1961

Idioma original

Portugués