The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
Kernel Score: 87% · 233 ratings
Genres: Drama
Released: 1978-08-28
Runtime: 187 minutes
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.
Director
Ermanno Olmi
Cast
- Luigi Ornaghi as Batistì
- Francesca Moriggi as Batistina
- Omar Brignoli as Minec
- Antonio Ferrari as Tuni
- Teresa Brescianini as Widow Runk
- Giuseppe Brignoli as Anselmo
- Carlo Rota as Peppino
- Pasqualina Brolis as Teresina
- Massimo Fratus as Pierino
- Francesca Villa as Annetta