Italy / France,
1978, 170 min
Directed by:
Ermanno OlmiScreenplay:
Ermanno OlmiCinematography:
Ermanno OlmiCast:
Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari, Teresa Brescianini, Giuseppe Brignoli, Carlo Rota, Pasqualina Brolis, Massimo Fratus (more)Plots(1)
Focussing on four families working and living on the farm of a landowner in the Bergamo region of northern Italy, Olmi presents a year in their lives, charting their daily activities and the natural flow of existence: birth, marriage, death, and the trials and tribulations in between. (Arrow Films)
Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1980 - Best Documentary Film
César Awards
- 1979 - Best Foreign Film
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1979 - Best Foreign Language Film
Cannes Film Festival
- 1978 - Ermanno Olmi (Golden Palm - Official Competition)
- 1978 - Ermanno Olmi (Prize of the Ecumenical Jury)