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They Don't Wear Black Tie is a brésilien film of genre Drama directed by Leon Hirszman released in USA on 27 may 1983 with Fernanda Montenegro

They Don't Wear Black Tie (1981)

They Don't Wear Black Tie
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Released in USA 27 may 1983
Length 2h
Directed by
OriginBresil
Genres Drama
Rating81% 4.0893854.0893854.0893854.0893854.089385

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.



^ "Eles não Usam Black Tie" (in Portuguese). Cinemateca Brasileira. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

Synopsis

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 cannot support his now fiancée, Tião does not participate on a strike, what starts a series of family conflicts.

Actors

Fernanda Montenegro

(Romana)Carlos Alberto Riccelli

(Tião)Bete Mendes

(Maria)Milton Gonçalves

(Bráulio)Paulo José

(Padre Bastos)Nelson Xavier

(Investigator)
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