The Green Years

The Green Years

Year: 1963

Runtime: 91 mins

Language: Portuguese

Director: Paulo Rocha

Drama

Nineteen‑year‑old Julio leaves his provincial home for Lisbon, taking a position as a shoemaker with his uncle Raul. When he encounters Ilda, an assured young housemaid who becomes a frequent visitor to the shop, his modest, working‑class ideals clash with the bourgeois comforts and expectations of modern city life, forcing him to question his loyalties.

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