The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)

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.

Released

1978-09-21

Genres

Drama

Runtime

187 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Ermanno Olmi

TMDB rating

7.6/10 from 243 votes