The Leper
1975, Portuguese. Directed by Sinde Filipe.
Julião is a young farm worker who, one day, contracts leprosy. Overnight, the good mountaineers that were so friendly with him refuse to see him again, and he must be by himself in the far woods. Bathing in olive oil, as suggested by an old woman, proves ineffective. Now, he becomes violent, expressing his anguish against those who expelled him from the village. Production date is 1975. Had its first major public release in 2009, at MotelX, Lisbon's International Horror Film Festival in the section "Lost Room". The movie was suggested to the MotelX production by the portuguese director António Macedo who knew about the existence of this and other portuguese movies about popular legends and myths of the portuguese imaginary. The movie was archived and conserved by the portuguese Cinematheque.
- Runtime
- 0h 33m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Portuguese
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- Released
- 1 January 1975
- Original title
- O Leproso
- Country
- Portugal
- Written by
- Sinde Filipe
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The Leper runs 33 minutes (0h 33m).
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The Leper isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1975. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Leper?
The Leper (1975) was directed by Sinde Filipe.