Green Years (DVD)

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Collection: Grasshopper Film
Format: DVD
Year: 1963
Director: Paulo Rocha
Genre: Drama
Cast: Isabel Ruth, Rui Gomes
Runtime: 91
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: 2021-07-13
Description

Never before released in the US, Paulo Rocha’s debut feature The Green Years, gloriously shot in black and white, is an extraordinary and haunting coming-of-age tale. 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, the two begin a tentative romance until the realities of the outside world come crashing through. Winner of Best First Film at the 1964 Locarno Film Festival.

New digital restoration supervised by Pedro Costa.