Ermanno Olmi Movies

Alpe Devero, December 1953: employees of the Edisonvolta electricity company gather to take part in skiing competitions held in the picturesque...

Franco and Antonio recount how they met and how their “religious” love for science was born.

A weekend in the mountains.

Boys struggle to talk to girls in this lovely Olmi short film for TV.

Nino gives flowers to girls passing by.

A documentary showing workmen erecting one of the pylons and stringing up three cables which will eventually reach to Milan.

Two young women and a young man confront a tech mogul on a train about their new invention.

An accidental interruption of the S. Giacomo Electric Line requires the intervention of a team of specialized technicians. The short movie follows...

The story of the Stura River, bent by human ingenuity. The disorderly course of the river and the dam, resembling a 200-meter-long concave hand, are...

Edison documentary on the application of electricity in agriculture.

In 1973, director Ermanno Olmi and journalist Corrado Stajano collaborated on this exceptional docu-fiction about the early months of the Resistance,...

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

A three-part TV film focusing on the emotional dynamics within young couples.

Gigliola discovers, during the trial of her boyfriend accused of theft, that she loves him more as a criminal.

A lyrical documentary about the fundamentally harmful nature of money.

Editing and reworking of television, film, and photographic archive material relating to Paul VI's pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1964, carried out...

The guardian of the great dam reflects on the history and beauty of the valley, which was revitalized by the Edison power plant, and expresses his...