The Green Years (region-1 DVD)

Paulo Rocha's debut feature The Green Years, gloriously shot in black-and-white, is an extraordinary and haunting coming-of-age tale. 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, the two begin a tentative romance until the realities of the outside world come crashing through. New digital restoration from the Portuguese Cinematheque supervised by director Pedro Costa.