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The Green Years

The Green Years

★ 7.0/10•1963•1h 31m•Drama

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.

Nuno Bragança · Screenplay

Paulo Rocha · Screenplay

Paulo Rocha · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 31m
LanguagePT
Release DateNov 29, 1963

Actors

Rui Gomes

Rui Gomes

Júlio

Isabel Ruth

Isabel Ruth

Ilda

Paulo Renato

Afonso

Ruy Furtado

Ruy Furtado

Raúl

Cândida Lacerda

Patroa

Irene Dyne

Prima

Carlos José Teixeira

Carlos José Teixeira

Patrão

Harry Wheeland

Inglês

Manoel de Oliveira

Manoel de Oliveira

Rosa María Vázquez

Rosa María Vázquez

Óscar Acúrcio

Óscar Acúrcio

Carlos Jesus Alfonso

Manuel Bento

Ruy Castelar

Julio Cleto

Olga De Campos

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