The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)

Review: The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)

Director: Ermanno Olmi

Cast: Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari, Teresa Brescianini,

Luigi Ornaghi
Luigi Ornaghi
Francesca Moriggi
Francesca Moriggi
Omar Brignoli
Omar Brignoli
Antonio Ferrari
Antonio Ferrari
Teresa Brescianini
Teresa Brescianini

Plot: On a northern Italian farm, Batistì and his wife decide to send their son Minec to school, sacrificing his help in the fields but hoping to break the cycle of poverty in the family. But when Minec’s shoe breaks while walking for miles, Batisti puts the family’s future at risk to replace the clog.

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Criterion Blu-ray review:</br>Ermanno Olmi&#8217;s <i>The Tree of Wooden Clogs</i> (1978)

Criterion Blu-ray review:Ermanno Olmi’s The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)

Criterion have released a gorgeous restoration of Ermanno Olmi’s 1978 masterpiece The Tree of Wooden Clogs, supplementing this immersive epic of 19th Century peasant life with several epics which explore the origins of the project and […]

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