The Tree of Wooden Clogs — Official Trailer

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 & Crew

Directed by Ermanno Olmi

• 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

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