Il posto by Ermanno Olmi

Italy - 1961 - 93 min STUDENT SHEET

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A The film B In Europe and elsewhere C The film and me D To go further Il posto A The film (9) (1) (5) (3) (7) 2 /9 1 Seen inthefilm Seen (10) (4) (2) (6) (8)

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CinEd —Student sheet Il posto B B How doyou say way travelled.way Italians produced by Fiat crowded streets, the Italian subverting was oneofthesymbols ofthiseconomic boom,the “500” automobiles factory. the biggestItalian The automobile Automobili Torino, Automobiles 'Italian Factory, Turin'), Turin was thelocation ofFIAT (Fabbrica Italiana change, and industrial Turin. were at thecentre ofthiscultural, socialandmostly prices, sotheywere massively exported. Two cities andcompetitive hadagoodquality of theseindustries metallurgical, mechanicalandchemical. The products consistent theyear helpduring ofthereconstruction: The were most dynamic sectors the ones that received grow insize. to soonstarted whichvery to thecity the countryside beganto where rise, newfactories andfrom to North, and productive fabric. People went from thepoorSouth showed economic, aradical changing social ofItalian waslandscape. theso-called It “economic boom”, which andthe the habitsofpopulation, thelookofcity development transformed theway oflivinginItaly, At thebeginning of1960awildandfastindustrial Context: O emprego Portugal: L'emploi France: Il posto Il elsewhere EuropeIn and elsewhere EuropeIn and El empleo Spain: United kingdom: United kingdom: The job in othercountries? Il posto Il : 5 /9 southerners ".southerners estate listings, whichspecified: " we don’t rent out to attitude, that showed for onethingthrough thereal foundSoutherners awidespread hostileandeven racist problems. Naples andPalermo, together withalotofintegration so that itbecamethethird “southern” after inItaly city to 1957itwent from 719.000to 1.125.000inhabitants) ahigh percentageabsorbed ofimmigrants (from 1951 from thedepressed ofPiemonte, countryside thecity of manpower, alongwiththefluxof workers coming a migration phenomenon,becauseofthehighdemand by SicaandZavattini.Turin De was alsoprotagonist of a famous1952filmiscalled “ 545.000 to 841.000 units, that is to say 54%. No wonder employment increased, between 1951and1961,from represented Milan oftheeconomic boom: thecapitalcity 2 1 The filmanditsera Postul Romania: A film,several titles Místo Republic: Czech Postas Lithuania: Miracle inMilan Miracle Paikka nuorellePaikka miehelle Finland: Мястото Мястото Bulgaria: ”, directed

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