
The story of Brazilian Antônio José da Silva, a jewish poet, playwright and lawyer living in the 18th Century Lisbon, who managed to avoid Inquisition by converting himself to Catholicism, after being tortured. But his fierce criticism of Portugal's élite led him to persecution and torture, becoming kind of a scapegoat.

as António José da Silva

as Lourença Coutinho

as D. Nuno da Cunha

as D. João V

as D. Marcos

as Alexandre de Gusmão

as Brites

as Padre Pantoja

as Leonor

as Marquis of Alegrete

as António Teixeira

as Bispo D. Teotónio

as D. Maria Ana

as Priest in the Bar

as Maria Coutinho

as D. Manuel

as Promotor Santo Ofício

as José Mendes da Silva

as Priest

as Pregador

as Luis Barbuda

as Surgeon

as Mordomo-mor

as Bishop

as Warden

as Financial Secretary

as Bartender