They Don't Wear Black Tie | |
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Directed by | Leon Hirszman |
Produced by | Leon Hirszman |
Written by | Leon Hirszman Gianfrancesco Guarnieri |
Based on |
Eles não Usam Black-tie by Gianfranco Guarnieri |
Starring | Gianfrancesco Guarnieri Fernanda Montenegro Carlos Alberto Riccelli Bete Mendes |
Music by |
Radamés Gnattali Adoniran Barbosa Chico Buarque Gianfrancesco Guarnieri |
Cinematography | Lauro Escorel |
Edited by | Eduardo Escorel |
Production
company |
Leon Hirszman Produções
Embrafilme |
Distributed by | Embrafilme |
Release date
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Running time
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123 minutes |
Country | Brazil |
Language | Portuguese |
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.
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.
The film entered the competition at the 38th Venice International Film Festival, in which won the Special Jury Prize. It won the Best Film Award at the 3rd Havana Film Festival, at the 26th Valladolid International Film Festival, and shared with Plae Kao at the 3rd Three Continents Festival.