Ala-Arriba!
MovieTitle | Ala-Arriba! |
User score | 7.5 |
Release date | Sep 15, 1942 |
Genre | Drama, Romance |
Director | José Leitão de Barros |
Production country | Portugal |
Production companies | Tobis Portuguesa, Comissariado do Desemprego, Secretariado da Propaganda Nacional (SPN) |
Run time | 88 min. |
It focuses on maritime tragedy of the town and a forbidden love between Julha and João Moço, from different fisher castes, in a community where mixed-caste marriages were not allowed and dating without parent's assent was seen as a disgrace to the family, not only in respect to women, but also men.