Il Posto 1961 123movies

Watch: Il posto 1961 123movies, Full Movie Online – Domenico and Antonietta are two suburban Italian youths who meet while seeking “a job for life” from a big city corporation. After a bizarre screening process made up of written exams, physical agility exercises, and interview questions such as “Do you drink to forget your troubles?” (Domenico and Antonietta are no older than 17 or 18), they land jobs in the “Technical Division” and “Typing Services” respectively. From there, Domenico works as an underutilized errand boy until a clerk position is vacated by the death of an older employee. Domenico finally takes his place in a room of 12 other clerks with a manager overseeing them from a desk at the head of the room. The film ends as Domenico ponders his fate, from behind his tiny desk at the back of the small windowless room, listening to the sound of the mimeograph machine as it runs off carbon copies next to the manager’s desk..
Plot: With his family mired in financial troubles, Domenico moves to Milan, Italy, from his small town to get a job in lieu of furthering his education. A lack of options forces him to take a position as a messenger at a big company, where he hopes to receive a promotion soon. There, Domenico meets Antonietta, a young woman in a similar situation as himself. The two form a tentative relationship, but the soulless nature of their jobs threatens to keep them apart.
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A Quiet and Humane Document About The Way We Live
This is a film about ordinary people and it is told in an extraordinary fashion; a young man is not terribly excited to be entering the corporate world–and with good reason. But family and custom and lack of formal education can be persuasive, and so he tests for a position and finds himself in a well-ordered black and white world where individuals count for very little; sounds grim, but director Olmi has a keen eye for the richness of humanity, for the sensitivity of existence, for the quiet celebration of being human. This is a remarkable document, all the more so for being without breathless pacing or minute-by-minute explosions or rounds of gunfire; this is a quiet masterpiece about the richness that can be found by merely observing and the loneliness that is a quintessential part of being human.

Twenty years of schoolin’ and they put you on the day shift
This is a quiet film, but it leaves a lasting impression. For the good of his family, a young man (Sandro Panseri) has had to abandon his dream of continuing his education to become a surveyor, and hopes to get a job at a big company that’s hiring in Milan. From the moment he steps into a crowded room of other applicants, we feel for him. We can already probably appreciate the anxiety associated with the life transition he’s going through, but here it’s amplified by the dehumanization of the process and the drones who run it. This continues on when he gets a job there, after which he’s put at the same desk with an older worker, and finds that his actual duties are somewhat nebulous. It’s so absurd as to be comical, especially as he encounters various forms of petty behavior and bureaucracy in the office.

Lightening the mood a bit is a love interest; he sees a young woman also interviewing (Loredana Detto), and has lunch with her. Even here we sense his awkwardness as he tries to make conversation, and then later struggles to re-connect with her. Panseri registers his feelings very well, often without speaking a word, and it helps that he has such a baby face. The scene where he attends a New Year’s Eve party, showing up when only an older couple is present, sits through the somewhat cheesy entertainment, and is cajoled to dance by some kindly older women feels incredibly realistic, and of course this is what director Ermanno Olmi was going for.

Another memorable scene occurs after a worker dies, freeing up a desk for him, but everyone then vies for a better desk, and shifts positions. This may be a little exaggerated, but it is how it feels sometimes in a corporate setting, and the film made me think of Bob Dylan’s words “twenty years of schoolin’ and they put you on the day shift.” There’s a deadening of the soul that’s taking place here, and while we suspect that the young man will be ok as his life plays out, there is a tinge of sadness in it.

Other Information:

Original Language it
Runtime 1 hr 33 min (93 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Drama
Director Ermanno Olmi
Writer Ettore Lombardo, Ermanno Olmi
Actors Sandro Panseri, Loredana Detto, Corrado Aprile
Country Italy
Awards 6 wins & 4 nominations
Production Company N/A
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Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 2,562 m (Italy)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process N/A
Printed Film Format 35 mm