Tião, a Young worker, dates Maria, his colleague at the factory. When he finds out she is pregnant, he decides to set a date for their marriage. But a strike breaks out and Otávio, Tião’s father, a veteran union leader, joins the movement, displeased. He takes part on the demonstrations in front of the factory and clashes with the police, is beaten and arrested. His son, indifferent to his father’s and friends’ dramas, breaks the strike and blames Otávios’s activism for their poverty, creating a conflict in the family’s heart.
Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 1981 Venice Film Festival.
Título original: Eles Não Usam Black-Tie
Ano: 1981
Classificação: 14 years
Duração: 123 min.
Gênero: Fiction
País: Brazil
Cor: Cor
Direção: Leon Hirszman
Roteiro: Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Leon Hirszman
Fotografia: Lauro Escorel
Montagem: Eduardo Escorel
Elenco: Carlos Alberto Ricelli, Bete Mendes, Fernanda Montenegro, Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Anselmo Vasconcelos, Cristina Rodrigues
Produtor: Leon Hirszman
Produção: Leon Hirszman Produções
Música: Radamés Gnatalli