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Il Posto (1961)

Il Posto poster
Original title
Il posto
Directed by
Ermanno Olmi
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 184 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A shy young man from a small town moves to Milan for his first office job. He meets a girl there and tries to navigate the stiff work environment and his feelings for her.

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What happens

Il posto, English titles The Job or The Sound of Trumpets, is a 1961 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Ermanno Olmi, his second feature film. Screened at the 1961 Venice Film Festival, it received numerous national and international awards. In 2008, the film was included in the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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