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...

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

Three years of filming across Italy, from Mont Blanc to the island of Lampedusa, have resulted in this short film. The aim of this universal event...

Documentary about sustainable agriculture and food.

Documentary produced by the Propaganda Office of “Costruzione Meccaniche Riva S.p.a.” in collaboration with the Cinema Section of...

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

The film is the personal story of a protagonist of our times and traces Carlo Martini's actions and thoughts, as he has remained faithful to its...

Visual illustration of D'Annunzio's poem of the same name read by Giorgio Albertazzi.

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

A dialogue between director Ermanno Olmi and film critic Federico Pontiggia about Olmi's cinema and poetry.

A self-assured, middle-aged advertising executive has his life upset by an unforeseen accident.

A journey through valleys, living rocks and the culture of the Valtellina hillsides.

Nino gives flowers to girls passing by.

Images of the construction of the Sabbioni dam, which submerged a glacier tongue to build a hydroelectric power plant.

Story of a retired old man who is learning what to do with himself.

In the vast industrial spaces of the Pomodoro Foundation, Jannis Kounellis is preparing the installation for his "One-Act Play." A humble art, made...

This documentary shows the construction of a high-altitude dam by the Sabbioni Glacier, and the daily struggles of the workers, now anxious for the...

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...

Alpe Devero, December 1953: employees of the Edisonvolta electricity company gather to take part in skiing competitions held in the picturesque...

A weekend in the mountains.