The Tree of Wooden Clogs

IMDb 7.6 1978 • 187 min • Drama

Director

Ermanno Olmi

Country

IT

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
Luigi Ornaghi Batistì
Francesca Moriggi
Francesca Moriggi Batistina
Omar Brignoli
Omar Brignoli Minec
Antonio Ferrari
Antonio Ferrari Tuni
Teresa Brescianini
Teresa Brescianini Widow Runk