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Il Posto
Directed by Ermanno Olmi
1961•1h 38m•NR•★ 7.7
Comedy / Drama
Synopsis
An introverted, gentle young man from the Milanese suburbs travels to the bustling city center to undergo bureaucratic aptitude tests for a lifetime clerical job ('il posto') at a massive corporation, falling in love with an applicant during lunch breaks only to be relegated to a windowless basement copying room with aging desk drones. Ermanno Olmi's Venice Critics Prize-winning poetic jewel of corporate alienation and fragile romance.
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DirectorErmanno Olmi
WriterErmanno OlmiEttore Lombardo
CinematographyLamberto Caimi
MusicPier Emilio Bassi
Principal Cast
Loredana DettoAntonietta Masetti
Sandro PanseriDomenico Cantoni
Tullio KezichPsychologist (uncredited)
Guido SpadeaPortioli (uncredited)
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Corrado AprileBit Part (uncredited)GC
Guido ChitiBit Part (uncredited)BM
Bice MelegariBit Part (uncredited)MR
Mara RevelDomenico's Senior Fellow Colleague (uncredited)Technical Specifications
Runtime1h 38m (98 mins)
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DirectorErmanno Olmi
LanguagesItalian
CountryIT
StudioTitanus • 22 Dicembre
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