Giampiero Viola

"Documentary, showing workmen erecting one of the pylons and stringing up three cables which will eventually reach to Milan." - BFI

Es una transcripción cinematográfica de un texto de Leopardi, que nos lleva desde la periferia brumosa hacia el centro de la ciudad de Milán, donde se vive una triste Navidad: escaparates iluminados, peatones apresurados y músicos callejeros. (FILMAFFINITY)

At the end of the war, he was hired by Edison and in 1951 he made a film on all the important hydroeletrical plants built in that period. In the following years, Olmi directed around 40 documentaries, including La diga del ghiacciaio, Pattuglia di Passo San Giacomo, Tre fili fino a Milano, Michelino 1aB (written by Goffredo Parise), Manon finestra 2 and Grigio (whose screenplay was written by Pier Paolo Pasolini).

Story of a retired old man who is learning what to do with himself.