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The Green Years

7.019631h 31mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorPaulo Rocha
WritersNuno Bragança·Paulo Rocha
ProducerAntónio da Cunha Telles

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KanopyKanopy
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Cast · Directed by Paulo Rocha

IRIsabel Ruth
Isabel Ruth
Ilda
PR
Paulo Renato
Afonso
RFRuy Furtado
Ruy Furtado
Raúl
CL
Cândida Lacerda
Patroa
ID
Irene Dyne
Prima
CTCarlos José Teixeira
Carlos José Teixeira
Patrão
HW
Harry Wheeland
Inglês
MOManoel de Oliveira
Manoel de Oliveira
RVRosa María Vázquez
Rosa María Vázquez
ÓAÓscar Acúrcio
Óscar Acúrcio
CA
Carlos Jesus Alfonso
MB
Manuel Bento

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