A Luz vem do Alto

A Luz vem do Alto

104 mins | Drama | May 7, 1959

The struggle between two friends: one, symbolizes the deepest incredulity about religion; the other, priest Manuel, endures insults with stoic resignation, but doesn't give up on installing words of faith in the hope of recovering his soul for God. In a pathetic atmosphere, in which everyone defends the primacy of their beliefs, they feel surrounded by a bundle of circumstances linked to a secret of love, with an unexpected and disconcerting outcome ...

A Luz vem do Alto

104 mins | Drama | May 7, 1959

A Luz vem do Alto
The struggle between two friends: one, symbolizes the deepest incredulity about religion; the other, priest Manuel, endures insults with stoic resignation, but doesn't give up on installing words of faith in the hope of recovering his soul for God. In a pathetic atmosphere, in which everyone defends the primacy of their beliefs, they feel surrounded by a bundle of circumstances linked to a secret of love, with an unexpected and disconcerting outcome ...
Producers Tobis Portuguesa
Original title A Luz vem do Alto
Directors Henrique Campos
Writers Henrique Campos, Fernando Fragoso, William Bendix

Cast

María Dulce

as Mariana

Roberto Camardiel

as Bernardo

Félix Fernández

as Manuel,

Mário Pereira

as António

Fernanda de Sousa

as Júlia

Beatriz de Almeida

as Alice Canavarro

Maria Brandão

as Joana

Joaquim Miranda

as Waiter

Ruy de Carvalho

as Voice of Father Manuel (voice) (uncredited)