The Sound of Trumpets
1961 · Movie · NR · 98 min · ★ 7.7
A young man leaves his small town for Milan to help his struggling family, trading school for a “job for life” at a large company. As he navigates tests, routines, and office hierarchy, he forms a shy connection with a coworker, but mismatched schedules and a draining workplace make even simple closeness hard to hold onto.
Also known as L'emploi · The Job
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Details
- Original title
- Il posto
- Years
- 1961
- Release date
- 1961-09-21
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 98 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 (184 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like gentle, observant stories about first jobs, awkward romance, and the quiet pressure of office life, in the vein of The Organizer; Not for you if you want fast pacing or clear-cut feel-good payoffs.
Pros: relatable workplace realism; understated humor; warm, human characters | Cons: slow pacing; low-key dialogue; bleak, claustrophobic mood
Themes
- new year's eve
- corporation
- college graduate
- milan, italy
Cast & crew
Loredana Detto
as Antonietta Masetti
Sandro Panseri
as Domenico Cantoni
- CA
Corrado Aprile
as Bit Part (uncredited)
- GC
Guido Chiti
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Tullio Kezich
as Psychologist (uncredited)
- BM
Bice Melegari
as Bit Part (uncredited)
- MR
Mara Revel
as Domenico's Senior Fellow Colleague (uncredited)
Guido Spadea
as Portioli (uncredited)
Directed by Ermanno Olmi