Ermanno Olmi Movies

When a group of African immigrants builds a cardboard village between the pews of a church soon to be closed, an elderly priest must choose between...

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

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

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...

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...

Live performance from Oper Leipzig, 26 November 2005.

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...

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

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,...

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

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...

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...

Ermanno Olmi has returned to documentary filmmaking and makes a journey through valleys, living rocks and the culture of the Valtellina hillsides.