São Jerônimo

Sep 10, 1999

1h 15m

★ 6.2

Overview

Brazilian director Julio Bressane directs this religious biography on the life and work of Saint Jerome, the monk who first translated the Bible into Latin. Set both in the desert and in the posh confines of the Vatican, Jerome (Everaldo Pontes) agonizes over which Latin word would best fit its Hebrew counterpart. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi

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Drama

History

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Cast

Jerônimo

Everaldo Pontes

Suora

Sílvia Buarque

Marcela

Helena Ignez

Gregório

Balduíno Léllis

Paula

Bia Nunnes

Damaso

Hamilton Vaz Pereira

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