Os Verdes Anos (1963)
- Directed by
- Paulo Rocha
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Portugal
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 32 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young shoemaker moves to Lisbon and falls in love with a maid. His jealousy and insecurity grow as he tries to navigate his new life in the city.
melancholicslow-burnintrospectivevisually starkemotionally restrainedbittersweetatmosphericlonely
What happens
Os Verdes Anos (The Green Years) is a 1963 Portuguese drama film directed by Paulo Rocha and written by Nuno Bragança. It was Rocha's first feature film. It stars Rui Gomes as Júlio, a young man who moves to Lisbon to try his luck as a shoemaker, where he develops a jealous love for Ilda (played by Isabel Ruth), a maid. Os Verdes Anos was produced by António da Cunha Telles with a soundtrack by Carlos Paredes. It is considered one of the founding films of the Portuguese movement called Novo Cinema (New Cinema). It was released commercially in Portugal on 29 November 1963. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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