1618

AMC Veteran's 24

Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival

April 6, 2022 | 2:00 PM

 

 

Run Time 1 hr 25 minutes / Drama | History / Director Luis Ismael / Portugal / 2020 / Language Portuguese with English Subtitles

 

This historical drama is based on a true story: the visitation by the Inquisition to Porto in 1618. At the time, the entire population was exhorted to denounce heresies under pain of ex-communication. In a city where a large part of the population had Jewish ancestry, over one hundred New Christians, among others, were imprisoned, causing terror in the New Christian community, mass emigration, and the near-total destruction of the city’s economy.