Ermanno Olmi's The Fiances tells the story of Giovanni, a skilled factory welder, who has just been offered a job opportunity in Sicily. This is the opportunity of a lifetime for Giovanni but it requires him to be gone for over 18 months, leaving his fiance, Liliana, behind. Giovanni feels that their relationship has grown stale, and he accepts the job believing that in the long run it will be good from both a financial and relationship perspective. Ermanno Olmi's The Fiances is a beautifully crafted film that explores the age old adage, absense makes the heart grow fonder. Much of the film chronicles Giovanni's time in Sicily, showing the loneliness he begins to feel living in a city apart from his fiance. Olmi brings an unbelievable amount of honesty and tenderness to this story, crafting a narrative that intercuts between Giovanni's time in Sicily and Liliana who remains back home, using voice over to help capture the feelings and emotions of these two individuals. This is a beautifully composed film, and I particularly loved the juxaposition which is used towards the end of the film, with Olmi showing the ugliness of the factory and its harsh climate juxtaposed with Liliana's longing face. The Fiances is a film that feels more like a poetic love letter to the human heart, capturing a deep amount of humanism that is rarely captured so well in cinema.
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June 2023
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