The Green Years
7.4
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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Cast
26 people
Rui Gomes
Júlio
Also in
Shameful Violation
The Crime of Aldeia Velha
Isabel Ruth
Ilda
Known for
The Strange Case of Angelica
Paulo Renato
Afonso
Also in
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
Birds with Clipped Wings
Ruy Furtado
Raúl
Also in
Doomed Love
A Bee in the Rain
Cândida Lacerda
Patroa
No other roles listed
Irene Dyne
Prima
No other roles listed
Carlos José Teixeira
Patrão
Also in
As aventuras de Eva
My Little Seamstress
Harry Wheeland
Inglês
No other roles listed
Manoel de Oliveira
Also in
Doomed Love
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
Rosa María Vázquez
Known for
The Little Priest
Óscar Acúrcio
Also in
The Costa from Castelo
The Lion from Estrela
Carlos Jesus Alfonso
Paulo Rocha Director · Nuno Bragança Screenplay Margarethe Mangs Editor
Worldwide gross $6.7M · Budget $2.3M · United States release August 7, 2020
Box office
Budget
$2,280,000
Worldwide gross
$6,654,000
Gross vs. budget
2.9×
Production
Produções Cunha Telles
Production
Portugal
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Os Verdes Anos
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
English · Portuguese
Release dates
Portugal · November 29, 1963
Theatrical · Lisboa (São Luiz e Alvalade)
United States · August 7, 2020
Digital · 4K restoration
France
October 21, 2022 · Premiere · La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival
Japan
September 28, 2010 · Premiere · Portuguese Cinema Festival
Portugal
May 14, 2015 · Premiere · Re-release, restored version
South Korea
April 28, 2023 · Theatrical · Jeonju International Film Festival
Spain
December 1, 2022 · Premiere · Asturias
January 4, 2023 · Limited theatrical
Switzerland
August 2, 1964 · Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
August 15, 2013 · Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
January 22, 2023 · Premiere · Black Movie Film Festival
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