Greenery Will Bloom Again

Torneranno i prati
Ermanno Olmi
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Ermanno Olmi

June 14 - 26, 2019

In this haunting historical meditation, Olmi features actual World War I footage to capture a single snowy night on the war’s Italian front, as soldiers burrowed in trenches find pockets of hope where they can.

DIRECTOR
Ermanno Olmi
YEAR
2014
COUNTRY
Italy
RUNTIME
80 minutes
LANGUAGE
Italian with English subtitles
ORIGINAL TITLE
Torneranno i prati

At the age of 83, Olmi turned his attention to the First World War. But instead of making a combat film, he chose to capture a single snowy night on the Italian front, as soldiers burrowed in trenches confront their loneliness and find pockets of hope where they can. With measured pacing and sparse dialogue, hypnotizing in its patient alertness and reminiscent of Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line in its ethereality and focus on inner thoughts, this haunting meditation features actual World War I footage and is dedicated to the director’s father, who told Olmi tales of the war when he was a child.

Greenery Will Bloom Again
Greenery Will Bloom Again
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