Ermanno Olmi

World War I, Italian north-eastern front after the 1917 bloody battles on the Altipiano. A group of soldiers face the difficulty of war in a ...

Made for the Venice Film Festival’s 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their ...

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 ...

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

A train travels across Italy toward Rome. On board is a professor who daydreams a conversation with a love that never was, a family of Albanian ...

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

In autumn of 1526, the Emperor, Charles V, sends his German landsknechts led by Georg von Frundsberg to march towards Rome. The inferior papal ...

An all-enveloping darkness. Suddenly, a child’s voice, frightened, questioning, pierces the darkness… The first flickering rays of ...

It tells the story of a general who is about to cut down an old forest for the sake of financial gain, but discovers that the forest is inhabited ...

Promotional omnibus film, made for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, featuring portraits of 12 Italian cities.

Andreas Kartak, a homeless man living under the bridges of Paris, is lent 200 francs by a stranger as long as he promises to repay it to a local ...

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 ...

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

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 ...