Les vertes années

Original title: Os Verdes Anos

1963
1h 31m

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

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Rui Gomes and Isabel Ruth in Les vertes années (1963)

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.

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19-year-old Julio has just left the provinces to settle down in the outskirts of Lisbon. He lives in a poor area with his uncle Afonso and starts working as an apprentice shoemaker. At the s... Read all19-year-old Julio has just left the provinces to settle down in the outskirts of Lisbon. He lives in a poor area with his uncle Afonso and starts working as an apprentice shoemaker. At the shop he gets to know Ilda, a young housemaid and regular customer. Ilda is pretty, joyful, ... Read all19-year-old Julio has just left the provinces to settle down in the outskirts of Lisbon. He lives in a poor area with his uncle Afonso and starts working as an apprentice shoemaker. At the shop he gets to know Ilda, a young housemaid and regular customer. Ilda is pretty, joyful, and modern, and Julio falls for her. The two young people, although very different from ea... Read all

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Trivia
First film of Paulo Rocha, one of the founders of the new Portuguese cinema.

Connections
Featured in Ainda Não Acabámos: Como Se Fosse Uma Carta (2016)

Soundtracks
Verdes Anos
Music by Carlos Paredes
Lyrics by Pedro Tanem
Sung by Tereza Paula

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Featured review

8/10

Visual splendor + Carlos Paredes soundtrack

You mustn't miss "Verdes Anos" performed by legendary Portuguese guitarist Carlos Paredes. The sounds will express way better the intent of this film than my words could. There is a mystery that needs to be fully accepted if you are going to enjoy this film.

I quite like the vague, blurred sense of the characters. I disagree with some of the other reviewers, as I think that we don't always need clear psychological traits and intentions: after all, life is just as hard to pin as the people in this film. There will be a lot of melancholy and time warps. Lisbon is delightfully colourful, but in this film it is austere.