The Tree of Wooden Clogs

Italy

• NR
• 1978-08-28(IT)
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  Drama
• ▪ 3h-7m

When the family of man was still—a family.

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.

• Ermanno OlmiDirector

  Ermanno OlmiWriter

  Ermanno OlmiEditor

  Enrico TovaglieriProduction Design

  Franco GambaranaSet Decoration

  Francesca ZucchelliCostume Design