A Praga
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Rubens Francisco Luchetti
| A Praga | |
|---|---|
 Brazilian film poster | |
| Directed by | José Mojica Marins |
| Written by | José Mojica Marins Rubens Francisco Luchetti |
| Produced by | Heco Produções & Eugenio Puppo |
| Starring | Felipe Von Rhine Sílvia Gless Wanda Kosmo |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Romero |
| Edited by | Eugenio Puppo |
Release date |
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Running time | 52 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
A Praga (English: The Plague) is a 1980 Brazilian horror film directed by José Mojica Marins.[1]
Young couple Juvenal and Marina go on a trip and Juvenal unknowingly takes some pictures of a strange elderly lady who is eventually revealed to be a sinister witch. The witch then places a curse on the man for photographing her. A wound begins to open in his side which has an agonizing hunger for raw meat which he must constantly feed in order to stop the burning pain. Perplexing his doctors, Juvenal's wound becomes hungrier as the film progresses, the man becomes delirious and murders his wife, thinking she will leave him because of his condition. The witch then reappears and coaxes him into feeding the wound with the body of his dead wife. The separate skeletons of the couple are discovered lying next to each other by police months later.[1]
Cast
- Felipe Von Rhine as Juvenal
- Sílvia Gless as Mariana
- Wanda Kosmo as The Witch[2]