A middle-aged, middle-class man named Bruno gets his boss’s job. Read More »
Tag Archives: Ermanno Olmi
I recuperanti / The Scavengers (1970) Ermanno Olmi, Antonio Lunardi, Andreino Carli, Oreste Costa
After World War II an Italian soldier returns to his hometown near the Alps and, unable to find a job Read More »
E venne un uomo (1965) Ermanno Olmi, Rod Steiger, Adolfo Celi, Giorgo Fortunato
Based on the diary Pope John XXIII kept between the ages of 14 and 18, his lifelong concern for tolerance, the underprivileged, and world peace is told. Read More »
The Cardboard Village / Il villaggio di cartone (2011)
When a group of African immigrants builds a cardboard village between the pews of a soon-to-be-closed church Read More »
Long Live the Lady! / Lunga vita alla signora! (1987) Ermanno Olmi, Marco Esposito, Simona Brandalise, Stafania Busarello
The Lady (or Signora) of the title is a mysterious matron who lives in a crumbling mansion. Read More »
Il Posto (1961) Ermanno Olmi, Sandro Panseri, Loredana Detto, Tullio Kezich
Domenico and Antonietta are two suburban Italian youths who meet while seeking “a job for life” from a big city corporation. Read More »
Keep Walking AKA Cammina, cammina (1982) Ermanno Olmi, Alberto Fumagalli, Antonio Cucciarrè, Eligio Martellucci
The assuming of responsibility by individuals, the use of science for man and not against him Read More »
Greenery Will Bloom Again / Torneranno i prati (2014)
World War I, Italian north-eastern front after the 1917 bloody battles on the Altipiano. Read More »
The Fiances (1963) Ermanno Olmi, Anna Canzi, Carlo Cabrini
In the industrial North, Giovanni is a skilled factory worker offered a promotion if he’ll go to Sicily for 18 months to assist in a new department. Read More »
The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988) Ermanno Olmi, Rutger Hauer, Anthony Quayle, Sandrine Dumas
An alcoholic homeless man is given two hundred francs by a stranger Read More »