Cinema
Verdes anos
Synopsis
In 1972, in the middle of the dictatorship, in a small town in Rio Grande do Sul, a group of secondary-school students spend three days together. Nando is going out with Soninha, who flirts with everyone; Robertão runs the dance at which the class queen will be chosen; Teco is interested in Rita; Dudu writes a gossip newsletter, and Pedro, the team's goalkeeper, is in love with his teacher.
Context
Loosely drawn from a short story by Luiz Fernando Emediato, the film was the first in thirty-five millimetre for its two directors, on a budget of about fifty thousand dollars according to the Variety review cited by the production company. Coming from Super 8, Carlos Gerbase and Giba Assis Brasil were not at first very enthusiastic about it. It received the special jury prize at the Gramado festival in 1984. Nei Lisboa and Nelson Coelho de Castro wrote the music.
Who it is for
A film of ninety-one minutes, in colour, which follows several characters in parallel over three days.
Prizes and reception
Seen by more than a hundred thousand spectators in its state, it was the subject in 2016 of a book devoted to the film and its generation.
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