L'albero degli zoccoli

1978 [ITALIAN]

Action / Drama / History

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 95% · 19 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 85% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.8/10 10 9535 9.5K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Ermanno Olmi Photo
Ermanno Olmi

Top cast

Luigi Ornaghi Photo
Luigi Ornaghi as Batistì
Francesca Moriggi Photo
Francesca Moriggi as Batistina
Omar Brignoli Photo
Omar Brignoli as Minec
Antonio Ferrari Photo
Antonio Ferrari as Tuni
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
1.68 GB
988*720
Italian 2.0
Not Rated
23.976 fps
3 hr 6 min
Seeds ...
3.11 GB
1472*1072
Italian 2.0
Not Rated
23.976 fps
3 hr 6 min
Seeds 10

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by s r 7 / 10

1001 movies to see before you die. This

1001 movies to see before you die. This was something different from what I've ever seen. The short shots throughout helped keep your interest. The sincere stories were moving in showing the hardness of peasantry in Italy. It was a bit long though, but I respect it. It was an STG DVD.
Reviewed by Jacqui F 10 / 10

An absorbing film of the joys and hardships

An absorbing film of the joys and hardships of life when 2/3rds of what is produced goes to the landlord. I felt bereft when it finished as the film had seeped into me. The message is in the title. Do watch it.
Reviewed by dave s 8 / 10

In many ways, Ermanno Olmi's The Tree of

In many ways, Ermanno Olmi's The Tree of Wooden Clogs pays homage to the Italian neorealism films of the 40s and 50s. Set in a rural environment in northern Italy, it tells the simple story of an impoverished family tending to the crops and livestock of a wealthy landowner, cobbling together their limited resources in order to eke out an existence. Short on plot but expansive in the scope of its themes of oppression, poverty and familial love, it has all of the elements that made neorealism such an impactful film movement many decades earlier. With a running time of almost three hours, it is not a movie for the impatient but pays significant dividends for those who allow the simple story and its related themes to wash over them.
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