El Empleo (Il posto) (The Sound of Trumpets) (1961) (Ermanno Olmi) (Blu-ray) ( Il Posto ) ( Il posto )

El Empleo (Il posto) (The Sound of Trumpets) (1961) (Ermanno Olmi) (Blu-ray) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Il Posto
Alternate Title: Il posto
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
000 min

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1961 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Ermanno Olmi

Written By:
Ermanno Olmi
Ettore Lombardo

Actors:
Loredana Detto ..... Antonietta Masetti
Sandro Panseri ..... Domenico Cantoni
Corrado Aprile ..... Bit Part (uncredited)
Guido Chiti ..... Bit Part (uncredited)
Tullio Kezich ..... Psychologist (uncredited)
Bice Melegari ..... Bit Part (uncredited)
Mara Revel ..... Domenico's Senior Fellow Colleague (uncredited)
Guido Spadea ..... Portioli (uncredited)

Synopsis:

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With his family mired in financial troubles, Domenico moves to Milan, Italy, from his small town to get a job in lieu of furthering his education. A lack of options forces him to take a position as a messenger at a big company, where he hopes to receive a promotion soon. There, Domenico meets Antonietta, a young woman in a similar situation as himself. The two form a tentative relationship, but the soulless nature of their jobs threatens to keep them apart.

Domenico and Antonietta are two suburban Italian youths who meet while seeking 'a job for life' from a big city corporation. After a bizarre screening process made up of written exams, physical agility exercises, and interview questions such as 'Do you drink to forget your troubles?' (Domenico and Antonietta are no older than 17 or 18), they land jobs in the 'Technical Division' and 'Typing Services' respectively. From there, Domenico works as an underutilized errand boy until a clerk position is vacated by the death of an older employee. Domenico finally takes his place in a room of 12 other clerks with a manager overseeing them from a desk at the head of the room. The film ends as Domenico ponders his fate, from behind his tiny desk at the back of the small windowless room, listening to the sound of the mimeograph machine as it runs off carbon copies next to the manager's desk.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 01 July, 2026.