Ermanno Olmi Movies

Based on the diary Pope John XXIII kept between the ages of 14 and 18, his lifelong concern for tolerance, the underprivileged, and world peace is...

A young man enters a brothel and sees a staged narration of a Chinese folk tale concerning a female pirate.

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

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...

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...

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.

Via the Chicago Reader: "After World War II an Italian soldier returns to his hometown near the Alps and, unable to find a job, hooks up with a...

Documentary about Italian film director Ermanno Olmi, with emphasis on "The Tree of Wooden Clogs".

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

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...

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

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...