Os Verdes Anos
| Os Verdes Anos | |
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| Directed by | Paulo Rocha |
| Starring | Isabel Ruth Rui Gomes Ruy Furtado Paulo Renato |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Portugal |
| Language | Portuguese |
Os Verdes Anos (The Green Years) is a 1963 Portuguese drama film directed by Paulo Rocha and written by Nuno Bragança. It was Rocha's first feature film.
It stars Rui Gomes as Júlio, a young man who moves to Lisbon to try his luck as a shoemaker, where he develops a jealous love for Ilda (played by Isabel Ruth), a maid. Os Verdes Anos was produced by António da Cunha Telles with a soundtrack by Carlos Paredes.
It is considered one of the founding films of the Portuguese movement called Novo Cinema (New Cinema). It was released commercially in Portugal on 29 November 1963.