I fidanzati (Blu-ray)

I fidanzati (Blu-ray)Ermanno Olmis follow up to his masterful Il posto focuses on a couple struggling with their relationship. Giovanni works in a manufacturing plant and takes a promotion that will send him to Sicily. His transfer causes him to leave his fiance, Liliana, his father and their friends behind. Once in Sicily, he begins to wonder if he made the right choice. Stunningly shot, I fidanzati channels the industrial isolation of Antonioni with a dreamy and

Ermanno Olmi’s follow-up to his masterful Il posto focuses on a couple struggling with their relationship.

Giovanni works in a manufacturing plant and takes a promotion that will send him to Sicily. His transfer causes him to leave his fiancée, Liliana, his father and their friends behind. Once in Sicily, he begins to wonder if he made the right choice.

Stunningly shot, I fidanzati channels the industrial isolation of Antonioni with a dreamy and heartfelt lyricism. A Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or nominee and winner of the festival’s OCIC Award, Olmi’s film is presented from a stunning 4K restoration.

Region B Blu-ray (Australian compatible)

Special Features

• 4K restoration from the original camera negatives by Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with Titanus

• Uncompressed mono PCM audio

• Interview with cinematographer Lamberto Caimi (2024, 11 mins)

• Interview with author Richard Dyer (2024, 23 mins)

• Interview with programmer Ehsan Khoshbakht on Ermanno Olmi (2024, 16 mins)

• Newly commissioned artwork by Filippo Di Battista