Il Posto(Il posto)
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Italy · 1961
1h 38m
Director Ermanno Olmi
Starring Loredana Detto, Sandro Panseri, Tullio Kezich, Mara Revel
Genre Drama
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Domenico, a young man entering the workforce to support his family, moves to Milan from his small village and takes a job at a large corporation. Dealing with the company's faceless, bureaucratic gloom, Domenico attempts to find happiness in Antonietta, a young woman working for the same company, in this coming-of-age film about modern life.
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