Time Stood Still

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.

Cast

Natale Rossi

Natale

Roberto Seveso

Roberto Seveso

Paolo Guadrubbi

Salvetti

Crew

Ermanno Olmi

Director

Aniello Costabile

Orchestrator

Lamberto Caimi

Camera Operator

Giancarlo Pizzirani

Assistant Camera

Attilio Torricelli

Technical Advisor

Roberto Barbieri

Still Photographer

Ermanno Olmi

Writer

Alberto Soffientini

Producer

Pier Emilio Bassi

Original Music Composer

Carlo Bellero

Director of Photography