Synopsis
When young Domenico (
Sandro Panseri) ventures from the small village of Meda to Milan in search of employment, he finds himself on the bottom rung of the bureaucratic ladder in a huge, faceless company. The prospects are daunting, but Domenico finds reason for hope in the fetching Antonietta (
Loredana Detto). A tender coming-of-age story and a sharp observation of dehumanizing corporate enterprise,
Ermanno Olmi's
Il Posto is a touching and hilarious tale of one young man’s stumbling entrance into the perils of modern adulthood.