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The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)

The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)

Drama

When the family of man was still—a family.

Release Date: 1978, August 28
Directors: Ermanno Olmi
Countries: Italy
Production: Ital-Noleggio Cinematografico, RAI
Cast: Carlo Rota, Teresa Brescianini, Pierangelo Bertoli, Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari, Giuseppe Brignoli, Pasqualina Brolis, Massimo Fratus, Francesca Villa, Maria Grazia Caroli

Overview:

On a turn-of-the-20th-century northern Italian farm, a group of sharecroppers eke out a threadbare existence. A priest advises Batisti and his wife Batistina that their young son Minec should be formally educated, so they sacrifice his help in the fields and send him to school. When Minec's wooden shoe breaks one day, Batisti--in an act of desperation--puts the family's future at risk to replace the clog.

Keywords:

nostalgic dancing money dramatic school parent child relationship compassionate winter peasant village wonder 1900s 1890s shoe record player farm pig slaughter lombardy