Saw this at a special screening with a friend. 
We were both bored with it, though i liked it more than he did.
I think the film would have been way better, if Olmi hadn't used such an amount of excessive cutting and different camera angles. I felt like I was watching an action film at times, barely enough time to reflect upon an image, because another has already replaced it, and the cutting was most of the times totally unmotivated. 
The best scenes were imo where the two lovers (who later marry) meet on a road. Their gazes speek more than 1000 words of dialogue could have expressed. This was simply marvelous!
As for the rest, i would have cut much out of it (half an hour or maybe even more). The film didn't find its rhythm, and overall didn't work for me. Rated it nevertheless **1/2 / ****