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(aka "The Engagement" or "The Fiances")
Directed by Ermanno Olmi
Italy 1963
Giovanni works in a manufacturing plant and takes a promotion that will send him to Sicily. His transfer causes him to leave his fiancée, Liliana, his father and friends behind. Once in Sicily he begins to wonder if he made the right choice. Stunningly shot, I Fidanazati channels the industrial isolation of Antonioni with a dreamy and heartfelt lyricism. *** Ermanno Olmi’s masterful feature is the tender story of two Milanese fiancés 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 that might 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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Theatrical Release: May 16th, 1963 (Cannes Film Festival)
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Review: Radiance - Region FREE - Blu-ray
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Runtime | 1:17:25.641 | |
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1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 33,125,114,502 bytesFeature: 22,605,757,440 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.86 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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LPCM Audio Italian 2304 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit |
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Subtitles | English, None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Radiance
1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 33,125,114,502 bytesFeature: 22,605,757,440 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.86 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • Interview with cinematographer Lamberto Caimi (2024 - 10:41)• Interview with author Richard Dyer on the films (2024 - 22:57) • Interview with programmer Ehsan Khoshbakht on Ermanno Olmi (2024 - 16:22) Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Filippo Di Battista Booklet with new writing by critic Christina Newland Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
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Radiance use a linear PCM dual-mono track (24-bit) in the
original Italian language. I Fidanzati
has no aggression and very little dialogue. There is some time in an
industrial plant and some dance music. The score was by Gianni Ferrio (The
Bloodstained Butterfly,
Find a Place to Die,
Death Occurred Last Night,
Crime of Passion,
Kreola)
The Radiance
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The reason I am comparing Ermanno Olmi's I Fidanzati
is that it is one of my favorite films... of all time. There are
excellent treasons why it is 7.6 on IMDb. Most of the film, certainly
the character emotions, are expressed without dialogue. There are
poignant flashbacks - often romantic between Giovanni and Liliana while
chronicling their daily activity. Ermanno Olmi has a unique,
distinctive and immensely impacting artistry. I Fidanzati
is a beautiful, poetic film that touches me as deeply as it initially
did decades after first seeing it. We are given elegant pure cinema.
This mediation of life and a relationship is a rarity and this Radiance Blu-ray
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