One Fine Day (1968 film)

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One Fine Day (Italian: Un certo giorno) is a 1968 Italian drama film written and directed by Ermanno Olmi. The film played at the 1969 New York Film Festival. [1]

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Bruno, a Milanese advertising executive, kills an old peasant while en route to a company meeting. As he awaits his trial, the middle-aged man's life unfolds in a series of flashbacks, where he probes his relationships with his wife, his mistress, his employees, and his old boss, whose job he has just acquired.

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References

  1. Canby, Vincent (1 October 1969). "Film Festival: 'One Fine Day' by Olmi:Italian Also Directed Tully Hall Piece Focus Is on an Ad Man Who Suffers Setback". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 26 May 2020.