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The Vows (Portuguese: A Promessa) is a 1973 Portuguese drama film directed by António de Macedo. It was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.

Synopsis

Maria do Mar and her husband, José, are young newlyweds living in a fishing village, Palheiros de Tocha, between Aveiro and Figueira da Foz. Their intimacy is disturbed, however, by a vow of chastity they took as a result of a storm that caused the shipwreck of José's father's boat. Both live in permanent tension, caused by the presence of Labareda, a gypsy taken in by the couple following a dispute in which he was stabbed.

Cast

• Guida Maria - Maria do Mar
• Sinde Filipe - Labareda
• João Mota - José
• Luís Santos - Salvador
• J. Rodrigues de Carvalho - Mário
• Fernando Loureiro - Gypsy
• Luís Barradas - Gypsy
• Fernanda Coimbra - Gypsy
• Maria - Joaquina
• Grece de Castro - Grandmother
• Xico Machado - Father João
• Agostinho Alves - Father Couto
• Celeste Alves - Maria's neighbour

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: The Vows". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 18 April 2009.

External links

• The Vows at IMDb

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