After taking a welding job in Sicily, a young man realizes he misses his fiancee who remains in Milan. In his loneliness, the young man stumbles across ways to rejuvinate their passion. Known for his humanism and his political content, director Ermanno Olmi (TREE OF THE WOODEN CLOGS) reached the heights of his over thirty years in the cinema during the early sixties. This 1962 film conveys the simplicity and emotional power that has made many of his works timeless.

After taking a welding job in Sicily, a young man realizes he misses his fiancee, who remains in Milan. An influential Italian film with a humanist bent from the director of "The Tree of Wooden Clogs."

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Dual Layer
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 - English
Additional Release Material:
Interviews: Ermanno Olmi - Director, Tullio Kezich - Olmi Collaborator
Text/Photo Galleries:
Essays:
1. Kent Jones - Film Critic

Carlo Cabrini: 
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Ermanno Olmi: Italian Director, THE TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS (1978)