The Legend of the Holy Drinker
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Ermanno Olmi (24 July 1931 – 7 May 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter best known for directing Il Posto (1961) and The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1977), which won the Palme d'Or. Throughout his career Olmi blended Italian neorealism with Christian humanism, with many of his films following humble characters through the spiritual ...
Ermanno Olmi was born on 24 July 1931 in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978), The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988) and Il posto (1961). He was married to Loredana Detto. He died on 5 May 2018 in Asiago, Veneto, Italy.
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May 8, 2018 · May 8, 2018. Ermanno Olmi, a largely self-taught Italian director who wove family folk tales and unadorned accounts of farm life, class and Roman Catholicism into neorealist films that often...
May 7, 2018 · John Francis Lane. Mon 7 May 2018 13.21 EDT. As he typically explored spiritual conflicts within families, the director Ermanno Olmi, who has died aged 86, was something of an outsider in his...
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Apr 24, 2024 · Notable Works: “And There Came a Man”. “Time Stood Still”. Ermanno Olmi (born July 24, 1931, Treviglio, Bergamo, Italy—died May 7, 2018, Asiago) was an Italian motion-picture director whose formative work examined life in the business world and whose later films explored religious and social themes. Olmi attended a science high school ...
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Jun 12, 2019 · A Film at Lincoln Center retrospective reveals the genius of an Italian director who saw poetry in everyday life.
May 7, 2018 · Ermanno Olmi, the Italian director best known for winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1978 with his drama “ The Tree of Wooden Clogs ,” has died at 86. The director passed away in Asiago,...
