Il Posto (1961)

Essential Viewing

Italy

Feature Film

Original Title: Il posto

Director: Ermanno Olmi

Writers: Ettore Lombardo, Ermanno Olmi

Cinematographer: Lamberto Caimi

Cast: Loredana Detto, Sandro Panseri, Tullio Kezich, Mara Revel, Guido Spadea, Guido Chiti, Bice Melegari, Corrado Aprile

Warm, funny, affecting, and filled to the brim with humanity, Olmi’s beautiful film masterfully depicts a young school leaver’s first tentative steps into the adult world, following him as he wins his first job, stumbles into an almost-romance, and suffers a little heartbreak, before settling down into a routine that will likely last for 40-50 years. Iain.Stott