Time Stood Still
7.5
Two middle-aged men work as caretakers on an isolated dam construction site high in the snow-capped Italian Alps. When one of them leaves for the valley to spend Christmas vacation with his family he is temporarily replaced with an adolescent boy. The other man is both annoyed and intrigued by the boy and his habits: he listens to loud music, sleeps too long in the mornings and doesn't drink any alcohol. They barely speak to one another in the first couple of days. But when an avalanche cuts their small hut from electricity they slowly start growing more fond of each other.
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Ermanno Olmi Director · Pier Emilio Bassi Composer Carlo Bellero Cinematographer
United States release September 27, 1982 · Produced in Italy · Production Edisonvolta, Sezione cinema Edisonvolta
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22 Dicembre
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Edisonvolta
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Sezione cinema Edisonvolta
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Italy
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Original title
Il tempo si è fermato
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · August 1, 1959
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Italy · April 6, 1960
Theatrical · Milan
United States · September 27, 1982
Limited theatrical · Italian Film Society of Rhode Island
Czechia
April 1, 2005 · Premiere · Febio Film Festival
Germany
December 6, 1966 · TV · West Germany
Italy
October 5, 1959 · Premiere · Mountain Film Festival (Trento)
May 13, 1960 · Theatrical · Turin
May 17, 1960 · Theatrical · Rome
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