- Il Posto
Infobox Film
name = Il Posto
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director =Ermanno Olmi
producer = Alberto Soffientini
writer = Ettore Lombardo
Ermanno Olmi
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starring =Loredana Detto Tullio Kezich Sandro Panseri Mara Revel
music = Pier Emilio Bassi
cinematography = Lamberto Caimi
editing = Carla Colombo
distributor = Titanus
released = Italy: 1961
United States:October 22 1963
runtime = 93 minutes
country =Italy
language = Italian
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imdb_id = 0055320"Il Posto" (1961) is an Italian film directed by
Ermanno Olmi . [imdb title|id=0055320|title=Il Posto.]The film tells the story of Domenico, a young man applying for a job at a big city corporation. He goes through a bizarre series of exams, physical tests and interviews before landing a job in the typing pool in a process that gradually strips him of his individuality. The film, shot in
Milan , is in part a satire on Italy's "economic miracle."Cast
* Loredana Detto as Antonietta Masetti
*Tullio Kezich as Psychologist
* Sandro Panseri as Domenico Cantoni
* Mara Revel as Old WomanAwards
Wins
* British Film Institute Awards: Sutherland Trophy, Ermanno Olmi; 1961.
*Venice Film Festival : Italian Film Critics Award, Ermanno Olmi; 1961.
*David di Donatello Awards : David, Best Director, Ermanno Olmi; 1962.References
External links
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* [http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=194&eid=313§ion=essay "Il Posto"] essay at theCriterion Collection by Kent Jones.
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