Ermanno Olmi Movies

In the 18th Century, in Bohemia, a government surveyor meet a priest during a lunch and remained intrigued by him. Years later, in a stony valley,...

World War I, Italian north-eastern front after the 1917 bloody battles on the Altipiano. A group of soldiers face the difficulty of war in a story...

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...

A young man shares his fantasies with a young girl who is already on the threshold of disillusion. Will she respond to him?

Milan, one winter in the early sixties. Valeria, a free young woman who usually goes from one man to another, falls in love with Giampiero. This...

An Italian professor seeks refuge in the quiet, peaceful ruins of an old building.

An unusual and evocative journey through the city of Milan at the beginning of the 80's, among fashion, art and everyday life.

The aging, conservative population of a small, sleepy village in the Italian Alps are surprised to see that a former French professor has settled...

The construction near Syracuse of factories for the manufacture of chemical products for agriculture and other applications.

The Lady (or Signora) of the title is a mysterious matron who lives in a crumbling mansion. Six catering trainees are brought to the castle upon its...

Laura, a woman of a certain age with full grown children who, by all indications should be leading a great life, but actually, she appears to have...

A charming featurette about a teenage boy’s first crush and his adventures on New Year's Eve.

After a big flood some Calabrian children are sent to Milan.

Two middle-aged men work as caretakers on an isolated dam construction site high in the snow-capped Italian Alps. When one of them leaves for the...

Live performance from Oper Leipzig, 26 November 2005.

A documentary made with archive footage and photographs alternating with recent film footage; the choice of texts is taken from Mario Rigoni Stern,...

Documentary about sustainable agriculture and food.

The activities of the Edison colonies in Cesenatico, Marina di Massa, and Suna. A few animated sequences and the narration of a child describing the...