Synopsis
Ermanno Olmi’s masterful feature is the tender story of two Milanese fiancés whose strained relationship is tested when the man accepts a new job in Sicily. With the separation come loneliness, nostalgia, and, perhaps, some new perspectives that might rejuvenate their love. Olmi’s deep humanism charges this moving depiction of ordinary men and women, and the pitfalls of the human heart.
Cast
| Liliana | Anna Canzi |
| Giovanni | Carlo Cabrini |
Credits
| Director | Ermanno Olmi |
| Production manager | Alberto Soffientini |
| Production director | Attilio Torricelli |
| Editing | Carla Colombo |
| Cinematography | Lamberto Caimi |
| Music | Gianni Ferrio |
| Camera operator | Roberto Seveso |
| Sound | Guido Nardone |
| Head electrician | Angelo Trevisan |
| Art direction | Ettore Lombardi |
Disc Features
- New high-definition digital transfer, enhanced for widescreen televisions
- Mysteries of Life, a new video interview with filmmaker Ermanno Olmi and film critic/historian (and occasional Olmi collaborator) Tullio Kezich discussing I Fidanzati
- Theatrical trailer
- New essay by critic Kent Jones
- New and improved English subtitle translation
From the Current
I fidanzati: Rhapsody in the Rain
by Jun 23, 2003Ermanno Olmi’s seldom-cited debut feature, the 1958 Time Stood Still, is a wonderful film, but it was the one-two punch of his second and third films that put him on the international movie scene map. Il Posto and I Fidanzati are often bracketed . . .
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