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1963

The Green Years

Directed by Paulo Rocha

Nineteen-year-old Julio heads to Lisbon from the provinces and gets a job as a shoemaker for his uncle Raul. But when he meets Ilda, a confident young housemaid who becomes a regular shop visitor, his working-class values collide with the bourgeois trappings of modern life.

Duration

1h 31m

Released

November 29, 1963

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Cast26

  • Rui Gomes
  • Isabel Ruth
  • Paulo Renato
  • Ruy Furtado
  • Cândida Lacerda
  • Irene Dyne
  • Carlos José Teixeira
  • Harry Wheeland
  • Manoel de Oliveira

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