I fidanzati

I fidanzati

Ermanno Olmi’s follow-up to his masterful Il posto focuses on a couple struggling with their relationship. Giovanni works in a manufacturing plant and takes a promotion that will send him to Sicily. His transfer causes him to leave his fiancée, Liliana, his father and their friends behind. Once in Sicily, he begins to wonder if he made the right choice. Stunningly shot, I fidanzati channels the industrial isolation of Antonioni with a dreamy and heartfelt lyricism. A Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or nominee and winner of the festival’s OCIC Award, Olmi’s film is presented from a stunning 4K restoration.

 BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• 4K restorationfrom the original camera negatives by Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with Titanus

• Uncompressed mono PCM audio

• Interview with cinematographer Lamberto Caimi (2024, 11 mins)

• Interview with author Richard Dyer (2024, 23 mins)

• Interview with programmer Ehsan Khoshbakht on Ermanno Olmi (2024, 16 mins)

• Newly commissioned artwork by Filippo Di Battista

Year: 1961/1963
Country: Italy
Cert: PG
Format: Blu-ray
Region: ABC
RAD096BD
EAN: 5060974681853
Release date: 20/04/26

Press

Cannes Film Festival 1963 - OCIC Award

★★★★★ Cinema rarely gets as honest, warm and profoundly touching as Ermanno Olmi's "I Fidanzati". - DVDBeaver