L'onda

L'onda 1955

7.10

Italy, 1955, 8', Color Director Ermanno Olmi Production Società Edisonvolta Synopsis From the Gabriele D'Annunzio poem with the same name.

1955

Manon: Finestra 2

Manon: Finestra 2 1956

6.00

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 following years, Olmi directed around 40 documentaries, including La diga del ghiacciaio, Pattuglia di Passo San Giacomo, Tre fili fino a Milano, Michelino 1aB (written by Goffredo Parise), Manon finestra 2 and Grigio (whose screenplay was written by Pier Paolo Pasolini).

1956

Time Stood Still

Time Stood Still 1960

7.00

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 valley to spend Christmas vacation with his family he is temporarily replaced with an adolescent boy. The other man is both annoyed and intrigued by the boy and his habits: he listens to loud music, sleeps too long in the mornings and doesn't drink any alcohol. They barely speak to one another in the first couple of days. But when an avalanche cuts their small hut from electricity they slowly start growing more fond of each other.

1960

La diga del ghiacciaio

La diga del ghiacciaio 1955

6.40

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 outbreak of a mine, now silent for the nostalgia of the distant family.

1955

La pattuglia del Passo S. Giacomo

La pattuglia del Passo S. Giacomo 1954

7.00

An accidental interruption of the S. Giacomo Electric Line requires the intervention of a team of specialized technicians. The short movie follows these men to the place of intervention, dwelling on the beautiful snow-capped landscapes and the local inhabitants engaged in their daily activities.

1954

Three Lines to Milan

Three Lines to Milan 1958

6.20

"Documentary, showing workmen erecting one of the pylons and stringing up three cables which will eventually reach to Milan." - BFI

1958

Il pensionato

Il pensionato 1956

6.70

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

1956

Venezia città moderna

Venezia città moderna 1958

1

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

1958