The Crush
49 mins
Broadcast on RAI television in 1967, this charming featurette about a teenage boy’s first crush on a girl reveals director Ermanno Olmi’s love and respect for the dilemmas of everyday people, along with an early example of the kind of stylistic and narrative experimentation seen in his later work.
Luciano Piergiovanni
Andrea
Giovanna Claudia Mongino
Jeanine
Vittoria Semprini
Assistant Editor
Ivan Kioroglian
Production Assistant
Attilio Torricelli
Sound
Evidio Burattini
Assistant Camera
Elvio Favilla
Conductor
Antonietta Gianesin
Production Secretary
Roberto Seveso
Assistant Camera
Mimmola Girosi
Script Supervisor
Carla Colombo
Editor
Idelmo Simonelli
Director of Photography
Gaspare Palumbo
Producer
Elvio Favilla
Original Music Composer