I Fidanzati

Carlo Cabrini (Actor), Anna Canzi (Actor), Ermanno Olmi (Director) | Rated: Unrated | Format: DVD

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Actors: Carlo Cabrini, Anna Canzi
Directors: Ermanno Olmi
Writers: Ermanno Olmi
Producers: Goffredo Lombardo
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Import
Language: Italian
Subtitles: English
Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
MPAA Rating:
Studio: Paradox
Release Date: July 2 2003
Run Time: 77 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

ASIN: B000093NR2

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Ermanno Olmi's masterful second feature is the tender story of a young Milanese couple whose strained relationship is tested when the man accepts a new job in Sicily. With the separation come loneliness, nostalgia, and, perhaps, some new perspectives to rejuvenate their love. Olmi's deep humanism charges this moving depiction of ordinary men and women, and the pitfalls of the human heart.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Incredible, May 12 2004

Antonio Giusto (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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Ermano is one of my favorite Italian directors. The whole movie is really great. Ermano Olmi is one of the few directors that can take a plain story and make it more interesting than the biggest hollywood film. Just as long as you don't think like the average big hollywood production viewer.

I love how this film starts and I love how it ends. Some incredible cinematography. Especially with the scene in the beginning where the main character is walking through the factory with the tarantella music playing in the background. Another great part of the film is the street party in Sicily. It amazes me how Ermano Olmi was able to direct the scenes so perfectly with such a tight large drunken crowd.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Simple Yet Gorgeous, Aug 26 2003

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I had never even heard of Olmi before getting this film, which is odd since I've been exposed to many other italian postwar directors. Therefore, I FIDANZATI (The Fiances, or The Engaged) came as a complete surprise to me. The storyline, sometimes slow and wonderfully hypnotic in places, centers around the life of a construction worker who takes a job in Sicily and moves away from his fiance in northern Italy. It's the classic romantic "abscence makes the heart grow fonder" storyline that is usually trite and banal. But somehow, amazingly, Olmi manages to pull it off, mainly through the great performances of the two leads and the brilliant editing towards the film's conclusion, where they read letters and thoughts to one another in a way that distorts past, present, and future. Highly recommended, as is Criterion's new editon of Olmi's IL POSTO.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fell Short of My Expectation, July 11 2003

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I love classics and foreign movies. So, I was looking forward to the release of this DVD with great anticipation. The movie, however, fell short of my expection. It's a good movie, but not a great one. The director seems to have a thing for pigs. That's what I remember the most after watching this movie. Enough said.

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