The Tree of Wooden Clogs

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Luigi Ornaghi Batistì

Francesca Moriggi Batistina

Omar Brignoli Minec

Antonio Ferrari Tuni

Teresa Brescianini Widow Runk