Ermanno Olmi Movies

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...

Snow arrives in Val Chiese and work on the dam stops. Winter caretakers appear on the scene to replace the workers.

A conversation between a salesman of calendars and his costumer, who makes him several questions before considering buying one of his offers.

A three-part TV film focusing on the emotional dynamics within young couples.

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

Next to the Venice of canals, palaces and squares, in Marghera there is a modern Venice made up of factories and industries.

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

Gigliola discovers, during the trial of her boyfriend accused of theft, that she loves him more as a criminal.

Vincenzo reads a Beat poem during the years of the cultural revolution.

A documentary showing workmen erecting one of the pylons and stringing up three cables which will eventually reach to Milan.

Editing and reworking of television, film, and photographic archive material relating to Paul VI's pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1964, carried out...

At the end of the war, he was hired by Edison and in 1951 he made a film on all the important hydroeletrical plants built in that period. In the...

Documentary about sustainable agriculture and food.

An accidental interruption of the S. Giacomo Electric Line requires the intervention of a team of specialized technicians. The short movie follows...

A lyrical documentary about the fundamentally harmful nature of money.

Franco and Antonio recount how they met and how their “religious” love for science was born.

Italian maestro Ermanno Olmi tells the tale of the journey of the Magi in this lyrical odyssey. The film focuses on a wise man who interprets his...

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...

Nino gives flowers to girls passing by.

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