Ermanno Olmi Movies

The laboratory tests and complex work involved in constructing the dam in the Lei Valley are described in detail to give an idea of the complexity of...

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

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

Live performance from Oper Leipzig, 26 November 2005.

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.

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

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 lyrical documentary about the fundamentally harmful nature of money.

Vittorio De Seta's documentary about the Calabria, revisiting the territory he documented in I Dimenticati in 1959.

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

Two young women and a young man confront a tech mogul on a train about their new invention.

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...

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

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

The story of the Stura River, bent by human ingenuity. The disorderly course of the river and the dam, resembling a 200-meter-long concave hand, are...

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

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

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...

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