Ermanno Olmi

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

With his family mired in financial troubles, Domenico moves to Milan, Italy, from his small town to get a job in lieu of furthering his ...

The life inside a farm in Italy at the beginning of the century. Many poor country families live there, and the owner pays them by their ...

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 ...