They Don't Wear Black Tie
- September 28, 1981 (1981-09-28)[1]
Eles Não Usam Black-tie (internationally released as They Don't Wear Black Tie) is a 1981 Brazilian drama film directed by Leon Hirszman, based on Gianfrancesco Guarnieri's play of the same name.[1]
In 2015, the Brazilian Film Critics Association aka Abraccine voted They Don't Wear Black Tie the 14th greatest Brazilian film of all time, in its list of the 100 best Brazilian films.[2]
Plot
The film revolves around a working-class family in São Paulo in 1980. Otávio, a syndicalist leader, and Romana are the parents of Tião, whose girlfriend, Maria, becomes pregnant. Fearing to be fired and thus unable to support his now fiancée, Tião does not participate on a strike, which starts a series of family conflicts.
Cast
- Gianfrancesco Guarnieri as Otávio
- Fernanda Montenegro as Romana
- Carlos Alberto Riccelli as Tião
- Bete Mendes as Maria
- Milton Gonçalves as Bráulio
- Francisco Milani as Sartini
- Lélia Abramo as Maria's mother
- Fernando Ramos da Silva as Maria's brother
Reception
The film entered the competition at the 38th Venice International Film Festival, in which won the Special Jury Prize.[3] It won the Best Film Award at the 3rd Havana Film Festival,[4] at the 26th Valladolid International Film Festival,[5] and shared it with Plae Kao at the 3rd Three Continents Festival.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Eles não Usam Black Tie" (in Portuguese). Cinemateca Brasileira. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ "Abraccine organiza ranking dos 100 melhores filmes brasileiros". Abraccine - Associação Brasileira de Críticos de Cinema (in Portuguese). 27 November 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
- ^ "Premios 3ra Edición del Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano" (in Spanish). Havana Film Festival. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ "Histórico: Año 1981" (in Spanish). Valladolid International Film Festival. Archived from the original on May 3, 2014. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
- ^ "3ème Festival des 3 Continents – 1981" (in French). Three Continents Festival. Archived from the original on April 1, 2014. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
Further reading
- French, John D. (2010). "They don't wear black-tie: intellectuals and workers in São Paulo, Brazil, 1958–1981". ArtCultura. 12 (21): 111–129.
External links
- They Don't Wear Black Tie at IMDb
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