Il Posto

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Il Posto

DVD Cover
Directed by Ermanno Olmi
Produced by Alberto Soffientini
Written by Ettore Lombardo
Ermanno Olmi
Starring Loredana Detto
Tullio Kezich
Sandro Panseri
Mara Revel
Music by Pier Emilio Bassi
Cinematography Lamberto Caimi
Editing by Carla Colombo
Distributed by Titanus
Release dates Italy:
1961
United States:
October 22, 1963
Running time 93 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

Il Posto (1961) is an Italian film directed by Ermanno Olmi.[1] An extension of Italian Neorealism, it explores many of the dehumanizing practices of the corporation from the viewpoint of an Italian adolescent. The film, shot in Milan, is in part a satire on Italy's "economic miracle."

Plot

The film tells the story of Domenico, a young man who forgoes the latter part of his education when his family is in need of money. Applying for a job at a big city corporation, he goes through a bizarre series of exams, physical tests and interviews. During a brief respite from the tests, he meets Antonietta, a young girl who has similarly forgone her schooling when in need of money to support herself and her mother. Through the course of this meeting, they have coffee at a local cafe, discussing the issues of their lives and their ambitions. Becoming attracted to her, they are quickly separated when they land jobs in different departments.

Meeting with a superior, he is informed that no clerical positions are available, subsequently taking a job as a messenger while awaiting a better position, gradually stripping him of his individuality. While on an errand for his job, he meets Antonietta again, now working as a typist. She invites him to a party, which he attends later in the evening. Arriving at the party alone, he befriends an older couple despite being depressed at the prospect of Antonietta not showing up. When an older woman asks him to dance, he reluctantly agrees after a few drinks, in which he finds himself enjoying, forgetting the sorrows of his job and Antonietta. Returning to work the following day, he is offered a recently vacated desk of an employee since departed (an aspiring writer, presumed to have killed himself). Before obtaining the seat, he is moved to the back in a dimly lit corner when the other employees complain of his relative youth in acquiring this 'prestigious' seat. As the film ends, Domenico has obtained this 'job for life', committing himself to the desperation of a banal career.

Cast

  • Loredana Detto as Antonietta Masetti
  • Tullio Kezich as Psychologist
  • Sandro Panseri as Domenico Cantoni
  • Mara Revel as Old Woman

Awards

Wins

References

  1. ↑ Il Posto at the Internet Movie Database.

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