Eleven o'clock in Rome

Screenwriter: C. Zfatini, G.D. Santis, etc. Director: G.D. Santis Starring: C.D. Boggio, M. Kirotilt; /Agt;

lt;/Agt; 1951, Rome, Italy. One drizzly morning, more and more people gathered in front of an accounting firm. Most of them were young girls, all of whom came to apply for a job as a typist. Each of them has their own difficulties. Although they see more and more people gathering at the door, in order to get a job, they queue up and wait for an interview with an accountant. After opening the door, the stairs were crowded with girls interviewing. 17-year-old Cornelia is a beautiful young girl. In the queue waiting for an interview, she met a young man waiting at the station. He was going to fight on the front line. They seemed to fall in love at first sight, and after exchanging addresses, they promised to communicate actively and hope for a better life after the war. She was in the middle of the line. Adelina is a beautiful girl with black curly hair. She lost her original job. Originally, she was not supposed to apply here, but the heartless boss who owned her actually fired her after discovering that she was pregnant. lt;/Agt;

lt;/Agt; Simone was originally a wealthy daughter, but she left her comfortable life for her beloved husband, the painter Carlo, because her husband could hardly earn anything from painting. She wanted money, so she was elegantly dressed and wanted to try her luck in this recruitment. Luciana and Nando are a young couple. Her husband has not found a job for 6 months. After sending his wife Luciana to queue here, he wants to try his luck in the mines. More and more girls came to apply for jobs, and the stairs on several floors were crowded. They all hoped to get this job to change their destiny. lt;/Agt;

lt;/Agt; The first girl to take the test was a girl who came to Rome from other places, but her typing speed was a bit slow. The second one was an elderly lady. She was very fast. The girls who heard the sound outside were almost ready to give up, but they didn't leave. The third one was Adelina. She was also very fast, but when the accountant asked When she was told about her old job, she couldn't help but feel miserable. Outside the door, Luciana saw her husband who had failed to apply for the job and came to take her home, and decided to get the job. Seeing the corridor full of applicants, the accountant became impatient. He announced to the waiting people that a maximum of thirty or forty people would be interviewed. Seeing that things were not going well, Luciana broke into the office for an interview on the pretext that she had something important to talk to the accountant. The people outside the house felt it was unfair. In addition to scolding Luciana, they began to crowd and quarrel. Cracks appeared in the stairs and they soon collapsed. Some girls were buried in the rubble, and some escaped but were in a mess. Trapped in the building. lt;/Agt;

lt;/Agt; Police cars, firetrucks, and ambulances appeared at the same time. They rescued everyone, and the police began to investigate the cause of the accident. Landlords, accountants and building designers were called in for questioning. Reporters were also on hand to interview the injured. Luciana, who walked out of the building, witnessed the tragedy and felt extremely guilty. But one girl still died from her injuries. She was Cornelia who had just found her lover. After the police investigated the cause and found out the reason, they let all the people involved leave because they had no major fault. It was the pain of unemployment and the terrible war that caused the tragedy. After Adelina was discharged from the hospital, she returned to her parents. Simone did not return to her wealthy natal family, but stayed with her painter husband. Some returned to the countryside to farm, and some continued their old business... Of course, Another girl continued to wait downstairs from the accountant, hoping to get the job as a typist. Highlights: The black-and-white feature film produced in 1952, adapted from real events, won the 1952 Italian National Association of Film Critics Silver Ribbon Award for Best Original Music. The tapping sound of the typewriter at the beginning of the film gives people a sense of tension and oppression. Later, the different situations of several young girls shown in the film are also thought-provoking. The cause of the collapse of the stairs was the trauma of the war.

But the pain of unemployment and the hardship of life have never shaken people's belief in continuing to pursue a better life, and they have inspired us to cherish today's happy life.