Time Stood Still (1958)
- Original title
- Il tempo si è fermato
- Directed by
- Ermanno Olmi
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 19 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An older worker and a younger student are left alone at a remote dam construction site during winter. They struggle to understand each other at first but gradually form a quiet bond through shared tasks and long silences.
slow-burncontemplativetendermelancholicgroundedquietintimate
What happens
Als die Zeit stillstand (Originaltitel: Il tempo si è fermato) ist ein italienischer Spielfilm in Schwarzweiß aus dem Jahr 1959 von Ermanno Olmi, von dem auch das Drehbuch stammt. In den Rollen sind Natale Rossi, Roberto Seveso und Paolo Quadrubbi – allesamt Laiendarsteller – zu sehen. Zum ersten Mal ins Kino kam der Film im August 1959 im Rahmen der Internationalen Filmfestspiele von Venedig. In der Bundesrepublik Deutschland hatte er seine Premiere am 6. Dezember 1966 im Programm des Ersten Deutschen Fernsehens (ARD). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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