Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
They Don't Wear Black Tie
TITLE DETAILS

They Don't Wear Black Tie

1981-09-28 · 122 min · ★ 8.3

Drama

Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião, one of the employees, is more of a realist and doesn't want to risk losing his job by striking. This clash of perspectives puts the father and son at odds. Fortunately, Tião's mother, Romana, is on hand to act as a moderator between the two opinionated men.

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
Leon Hirszman
Production companies
Leon Hirszman Produções Cinematográficas, Embrafilme
Countries
Brazil
Status
Released

Top Cast

Carlos Alberto RiccelliCarlos Alberto RiccelliTião
Bete MendesBete MendesMaria
Fernanda MontenegroFernanda MontenegroRomana
Gianfrancesco GuarnieriGianfrancesco GuarnieriOtávio
Anselmo VasconcelosAnselmo VasconcelosJesuíno
Cristina RodriguesTezinha
Fernando PeixotoFernando PeixotoMafra
Fernando BezerraFernando BezerraAssailant
Francisco MilaniFrancisco MilaniSartini
Chica LopesRomana's friend
Fernando Ramos da SilvaFernando Ramos da SilvaBié
Flávio GuarnieriFlávio GuarnieriChiquinho
Gilberto MouraTuca
Gésio AmadeuGésio AmadeuOnofre
Jalusa BarcelosJalusa BarcelosNurse
José AraújoJuvêncio
Lélia AbramoLélia AbramoMalvina
Lizette NegreirosLizette NegreirosSilene
Mercedes DiasBraulio's wife
Milton GonçalvesMilton GonçalvesBráulio

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Availability not listed for this country.

Recommendations

Rogue Agent
★ 6.3
Rogue Agent2022Drama

Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.

Angela
★ 5.9
Angela2023Drama

In this biopic about the life and death of Ângela Diniz, Angela meets Raul and believes she has found someone who loves her free spirit as much as she does. The overwhelming attraction makes the couple drop everything and live the dream of rebuilding their lives on the beach. But the relationship declines into abuse and violence, giving rise to one of the most remembered murders in Brazil.

Death and the Maiden
★ 7.1
Death and the Maiden1994Drama

A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.

Whiplash
★ 8.4
Whiplash2014Drama

Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
★ 7.8
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within2010Drama

After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member Diogo Fraga of execution of prisoners. Matias is transferred to the corrupted Military Police and Nascimento is exonerated from the BOPE by the Governor.

Battle of the Year
★ 6.8
Battle of the Year2013Drama

A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.

Anniversary
★ 6.9
Anniversary2025Drama

A close-knit family is caught in the turmoil of a controversial rising movement known as "The Change.” Ellen and Paul witness their lives fall apart when Ellen's former student Liz reappears and starts dating their son. As Liz becomes a part of the Taylor family, tensions rise and loyalties are tested.

Mo' Better Blues
★ 6.5
Mo' Better Blues1990Drama

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.

Othello
★ 6.4
Othello1995Drama

The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in the film version of this Shakespeare classic.

The Eyes of Tammy Faye
★ 6.4
The Eyes of Tammy Faye2021Drama

From the 1960s to the 1980s, evangelist Jim Baker and his ambitious wife, Tammy Faye, rose from humble beginnings to build an empire based on big-time evangelical Christianity--only for the couple to fall from grace because of some all-too-human sins.

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
★ 6.7
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial2023Drama

Barney Greenwald, a skeptical lawyer, reluctantly defends an officer of the navy who took control of the Caine from its captain, Lt. Philip Francis Queeg, while caught in a violent sea storm. As the court-martial proceeds, however, Greenwald increasingly questions if it was truly a mutiny or rather the courageous acts of a group of sailors who could not trust their unstable leader.

Hardball
★ 6.5
Hardball2001Drama

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.

The Young One
★ 7.0
The Young One1960Drama

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

Sergio
★ 6.5
Sergio2020Drama

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career.

Gladiator
★ 8.2
Gladiator2000Drama

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.

Boyka: Undisputed IV
★ 7.2
Boyka: Undisputed IV2016Drama

In the fourth installment of the fighting franchise, Boyka is shooting for the big leagues when an accidental death in the ring makes him question everything he stands for. When he finds out the wife of the man he accidentally killed is in trouble, Boyka offers to fight in a series of impossible battles to free her from a life of servitude.

American Son
★ 6.0
American Son2019Drama

Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son.

What's Love Got to Do with It
★ 7.1
What's Love Got to Do with It1993Drama

Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husband Ike.

All Day and a Night
★ 6.3
All Day and a Night2020Drama

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.

Ali
★ 6.7
Ali2001Drama

In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.

Similar titles

A Walk to Remember
★ 7.7
A Walk to Remember2002Drama

When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production, he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life, as well as a very big secret she must keep from Landon.

Zorba the Greek
★ 7.4
Zorba the Greek1964Drama

An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.

D3: The Mighty Ducks
★ 6.0
D3: The Mighty Ducks1996Drama

The Ducks are offered scholarships at Eden Hall Academy but struggle with their new coach's methods and come under pressure from the board to retain their scholarships before their big game against the Varsity team.

The Client
★ 6.7
The Client1994Drama

A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.

Chariots of Fire
★ 6.8
Chariots of Fire1981Drama

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.

Set It Off
★ 7.2
Set It Off1996Drama

Four inner-city Black women, determined to end their constant struggle, decide to live by one rule — get what you want or die trying. So the four women take back their lives and take out some banks in the process.

Great Expectations
★ 6.6
Great Expectations1998Drama

Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever. Through the surprising interactions of these vivid characters, "Great Expectations" takes a unique and contemporary look at life's great coincidences.

EverAfter
★ 7.5
EverAfter1998Drama

Danielle, a vibrant young woman, was forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother, Rodmilla, is a heartless woman who forces Danielle to do the cooking and cleaning, while she tries to marry off the eldest of her two daughters to the prince. But Danielle's life takes a wonderful turn when, under the guise of a visiting royal, she meets the charming Prince Henry.

He Got Game
★ 6.7
He Got Game1998Drama

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.

Man on Fire
★ 7.5
Man on Fire2004Drama

Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.

Menace II Society
★ 7.5
Menace II Society1993Drama

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

From Forest To City
★ 7.0
From Forest To City2023Drama

The story takes place in the year 1977 about the hero fleeing into the forest during the time when soldiers, police suppressed the communists. One day he meets the first villagers, everyone is afraid, but when the hero observes and analyzes that this villager is not disguised. A true villager Little knowledge due to loneliness of having to watch the spot alone, the hero tells the villagers to come back and forth. They are close to each other. It can be seen that only political ideology can divide us. One day the villagers suddenly didn't come as scheduled. The protagonist goes looking for the villagers. making the hero see bad things again

Nixon
★ 6.8
Nixon1995Drama

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.

Steel Magnolias
★ 7.2
Steel Magnolias1989Drama

A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.

Human Traffic
★ 6.8
Human Traffic1999Drama

For Jip, Lulu, Koop, Nina, and Moff, the dead-end jobs they endure during the week just kill the time until Friday night. That's when they cut very loose and get on the rollercoaster ride that takes them right through to Monday morning.

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
★ 6.7
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement2004Drama

Mia Thermopolis is now a college graduate and on her way to Genovia to take up her duties as princess. Accompanied by her friend Lilly, Mia continues her 'princess lessons', like riding horses side-saddle and archery. But her already complicated life is turned upside down once again when she learns that she is to take the crown as queen earlier than expected, all while she meets a mysteriously charming young man.

Terms of Endearment
★ 7.1
Terms of Endearment1983Drama

Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find reasons to live a joyful life.

Secrets & Lies
★ 7.6
Secrets & Lies1996Drama

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.

Patton
★ 7.4
Patton1970Drama

"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.

BIGFEET
★ 10.0
BIGFEET2023Drama

We're all searching for something! Explorer Reed Randle goes deep into the woods on an adventure looking for the "Bigfoot" creature. Lost within himself, can he find meaning again?

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.