They Don't Wear Black-tie

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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 dates
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  • September 28, 1981 (1981-09-28)[1]
Running time
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.[1]

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

Reception

The film entered the competition at the 38th Venice International Film Festival, in which won the Special Jury Prize.[2] It won the Best Film Award at the 3rd Havana Film Festival,[3] at the 26th Valladolid International Film Festival,[4] and shared with Plae Kao at the 3rd Three Continents Festival.[5]

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Further reading

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