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| name = The Fiancés |
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| image = I fidanzati poster.jpg |
| image = I fidanzati poster.jpg |
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| caption = Italian film poster |
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| caption = Italian film poster for ''The Fiances'' |
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| director = [[Ermanno Olmi]] |
| director = [[Ermanno Olmi]] |
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| producer = [[Goffredo Lombardo]] |
| producer = [[Goffredo Lombardo]] |
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| writer = Ermanno Olmi |
| writer = Ermanno Olmi |
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| starring = {{ubl|Carlo Cabrini|{{ill|Anna Canzi|it}}}} |
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| starring = [[Anna Canzi]]<br />[[Carlo Cabrini]] |
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| music = [[Gianni Ferrio]] |
| music = [[Gianni Ferrio]] |
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| cinematography = [[Lamberto Caimi]] |
| cinematography = [[Lamberto Caimi]] |
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| editing = Carla Colombo |
| editing = Carla Colombo |
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| studio = {{ubl|[[Titanus]]|Sicilia S.P.A.|22 Dicembre Cin.ca}}<ref name="Cinematografo">{{cite web|url=https://www.cinematografo.it/film/i-fidanzati-bcwvix1m |title=I fidanzati |website=Cinematografo |language=it |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> |
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| distributor = Titanus |
| distributor = Titanus |
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| released = {{Film date|df=y|1963|||Italy|ref1=|1963|09||[[New York City|New York]]|ref2=<ref name="MoMa">{{cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/momaorg/shared/pdfs/docs/press_archives/3178/releases/MOMA_1963_0090.pdf |title=The New York Film Festival |website=Museum of Modern Art |date=July 1963 |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>}} |
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| released = March 25, 1963 (Italy)<br>28 January 1964 ([[New York City]]) |
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| runtime = 77 min |
| runtime = 77 min |
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| country = |
| country = Italy |
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| language = [[Italian language|Italian]] |
| language = [[Italian language|Italian]] |
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'''''The Fiancés''''' ({{ |
'''''The Fiancés''''' ({{langx|it|I fidanzati}}) is a 1963 Italian [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] written and directed by [[Ermanno Olmi]].<ref name="Cinematografo" /> It tells the story of a young [[Milan|Milanese]] worker who moves to [[Sicily]] for a job, leaving behind his long-time fiancée. The film was shown in competition at the [[1963 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="Cannes">{{cite web |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/f/i-fidanzati/ |title=I fidanzati |website=Festival de Cannes |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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Giovanni works as a welder in a Milanese factory. His superiors offer him a job in their dependance in Sicily with the prospect of a promotion. Giovanni accepts the offer, to the resentment of his long-time fiancée Liliana. While he tries to get accustomed to his new surroundings, he remembers both moments of estrangement from and mutual happiness with her. He starts exchanging increasingly candid and emotional letters with Liliana, who states that maybe their physical distance has re-awakened the love in their habitual relationship. |
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Giovanni quits his job as a worker in [[Milan]] and leaves his fiancée Liliana in order to earn more money as a [[welder]] in [[Sicily]]. |
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==Cast== |
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* Carlo Cabrini as Giovanni |
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* {{ill|Anna Canzi|it}} as Liliana |
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==Release== |
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''The Fiancés'' was screened in May 1963 at the Cannes Film Festival<ref name="MoMa" /><ref name="Cannes" /> and in September the same year at the first [[New York Film Festival]].<ref name="MoMa" /><ref name="NYT">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/29/archives/screen-suggesting-feeling-and-moodolmis-the-fiances-opens-at-cinema.html |title=Screen: Suggesting Feeling and Mood:Olmi's 'The Fiances' Opens at Cinema II First Day's Admission at Theater Is Free |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |date=29 January 1964 |access-date=23 February 2024 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> |
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==Reception== |
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In his May 1963 review for ''[[Il Giorno (newspaper)|Il Giorno]]'', Piero Bianchi titled ''The Fiancés'' "a subtle elegy, a work in a minor but accurate and profound tone", also commending Olmi's choice of the main actors.<ref name="Cinematografo" /> |
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Upon the film's regular cinema opening in [[New York City|New York]] in January 1964, [[Bosley Crowther]] of [[The New York Times]] certified Olmi "a remarkable ability to make images speak" and ''The Fiancés'' a "profound agitation of mood", but also pointed out a lack of "large-scale social comment and implications of irony" which he had found in the director's earlier ''[[Il Posto|The Sound of Trumpets]]''.<ref name="NYT" /> |
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==Legacy== |
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''The Fiancés'' was screened as part of retrospectives at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]] in 2002,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/2002/programme/20023065.html |title=I fidanzati |website=Berlinale.de |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> at the [[Harvard Film Archive]] in 2015,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://harvardfilmarchive.org/calendar/the-fiances-2015-06 |title=The Fiancés |website=Harvard Film Archive |date=6 June 2015 |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> and repeatedly at the [[Cinémathèque française]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cinematheque.fr/film/43584.html |title=Les Fiancés |website=Cinémathèque française |access-date=25 February 2024 |language=fr}}</ref> |
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==Awards== |
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* 1963 [[SIGNIS|OCIC]] Award at the Cannes Film Festival<ref name="MoMa" /> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
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* {{IMDb title|id=0055981|title=I |
* {{IMDb title|id=0055981|title=I fidanzati}} |
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* [https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/290-i-fidanzati-rhapsody-in-the-rain ''I fidanzati: Rhapsody in the Rain''], an essay by [[Kent Jones (critic)|Kent Jones]] at [[The Criterion Collection]] |
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* {{Amg movie|91234|I fidanzati}} |
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* [https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2019/cteq/i-fidanzati-ermanno-olmi-1963/ ''The Melancholy Dance of the (Un)Masked Soul: I fidanzati''], an essay at [[Senses of Cinema]] |
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Latest revision as of 17:09, 1 November 2024
| The Fiancés | |
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 Italian film poster | |
| Directed by | Ermanno Olmi |
| Written by | Ermanno Olmi |
| Produced by | Goffredo Lombardo |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Lamberto Caimi |
| Edited by | Carla Colombo |
| Music by | Gianni Ferrio |
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| Distributed by | Titanus |
Release dates | |
Running time | 77 min |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The Fiancés (Italian: I fidanzati) is a 1963 Italian drama film written and directed by Ermanno Olmi.[2] It tells the story of a young Milanese worker who moves to Sicily for a job, leaving behind his long-time fiancée. The film was shown in competition at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
Plot
[edit]Giovanni works as a welder in a Milanese factory. His superiors offer him a job in their dependance in Sicily with the prospect of a promotion. Giovanni accepts the offer, to the resentment of his long-time fiancée Liliana. While he tries to get accustomed to his new surroundings, he remembers both moments of estrangement from and mutual happiness with her. He starts exchanging increasingly candid and emotional letters with Liliana, who states that maybe their physical distance has re-awakened the love in their habitual relationship.
Cast
[edit]- Carlo Cabrini as Giovanni
- Anna Canzi as Liliana
Release
[edit]The Fiancés was screened in May 1963 at the Cannes Film Festival[1][3] and in September the same year at the first New York Film Festival.[1][4]
Reception
[edit]In his May 1963 review for Il Giorno, Piero Bianchi titled The Fiancés "a subtle elegy, a work in a minor but accurate and profound tone", also commending Olmi's choice of the main actors.[2]
Upon the film's regular cinema opening in New York in January 1964, Bosley Crowther of The New York Times certified Olmi "a remarkable ability to make images speak" and The Fiancés a "profound agitation of mood", but also pointed out a lack of "large-scale social comment and implications of irony" which he had found in the director's earlier The Sound of Trumpets.[4]
Legacy
[edit]The Fiancés was screened as part of retrospectives at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2002,[5] at the Harvard Film Archive in 2015,[6] and repeatedly at the Cinémathèque française.[7]
Awards
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "The New York Film Festival" (PDF). Museum of Modern Art. July 1963. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "I fidanzati". Cinematografo (in Italian). Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ a b "I fidanzati". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ a b Crowther, Bosley (29 January 1964). "Screen: Suggesting Feeling and Mood:Olmi's 'The Fiances' Opens at Cinema II First Day's Admission at Theater Is Free". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ "I fidanzati". Berlinale.de. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "The Fiancés". Harvard Film Archive. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Les Fiancés". Cinémathèque française (in French). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
External links
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