Ithaca Premiere

1963 > Portugal > Directed by Paulo Rocha
With Rui Gomes, Isabel Ruth, Ruy Furtado
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. Never before released in the U.S., Rocha's debut film, gloriously shot in black and white, is an extraordinary and haunting coming-of-age film. Winner of Best First Film at the 1964 Locarno Film Festival. Subtitled. More at grasshopperfilm.com/film/the-green-years
1 hr 29 min.

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