The Green Years
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: The Films of Pedro Costa
July 17 - 23, 2015
Widely considered the founding text of the New Portuguese Cinema, Rocha’s coming-of-age film follows 19-year-old Julio as he goes to work as a shoemaker in Lisbon, where his working-class values end up colliding with the bourgeois trappings of modern life.
Widely considered the founding text of the New Portuguese Cinema, Rocha’s coming-of-age film reflected a new attitude in the wake of post-Salazar modernization of urban life in the 1960s. 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. Rocha subverts melodramatic conventions by avoiding easy psychology or clearly defined goals, and favors mise-en-scène over narrative, reflecting a country at odds with its national character. A Grasshopper Film release. New digital restoration!
“The first film of a new generation. Striking in its context and rich in the modernity of its processes, its content, and its mastery of filmmaking. The Green Years has revealed the very particular genius of this new director.” – Manoel de Oliveira
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