10 August, 2015 – Domenico is a young man from Meda, son of blue collars, who heads to Milan for a job interview with a big company. During the tests, he meets Antonietta, and falls madely in love with her. Both are hired, Antonietta as typewriter and Domenico as delivery man. “Il Posto” (Italia, 1961) is the film with which Ermanno Olmi officially enters Italian cinema history, winning the Critics Choice Awaard at the Venice Film Festival. And now the film will be screened tomorrow at 7:30pm at the Italian Cultural Institute of Sao Paulo. The event is part of the Italian Cinema Cycle – Racconti di periferia. The movie stars Loredana Detto (Antonietta), Sandro Panseri (Domenico), Tullio Kezich (the interviewer) and Mara Revel (the lunch lady). “For people who live in Lombardy – read the opening credits – Milan is above anything else an employment opportunity.” “Il posto” brings to the silver screen a piece of Italy from the past, shedding light also on our present.
