The Tree of Wooden Clogs poster

The Tree of Wooden Clogs

L'albero degli zoccoli

19783h 7mDrama
directed by Ermanno Olmi

“When the family of man was still—a family.”

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Synopsis

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.

Cast

Luigi Ornaghi·Batistì
Francesca Moriggi·Batistina
Omar Brignoli·Minec
Antonio Ferrari·Tuni
Teresa Brescianini·Widow Runk
Giuseppe Brignoli·Anselmo
Carlo Rota·Peppino
Pasqualina Brolis·Teresina
Massimo Fratus·Pierino
Francesca Villa·Annetta