The Tree of Wooden Clogs
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.
Trailer
"When the family of man was still—a family."
Crew
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Ermanno Olmi Director -
Luigi Ornaghi Batistì
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Francesca Moriggi Batistina
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Omar Brignoli Minec
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Antonio Ferrari Tuni
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Teresa Brescianini Widow Runk
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Giuseppe Brignoli Anselmo
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Carlo Rota Peppino
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Pasqualina Brolis Teresina
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