Film

The Tree of Wooden Clogs

1978 · 3h 7m · Drama

When the family of man was still—a family.

IMDb

7.8

Rotten Tomatoes

95%

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.

• Ermanno OlmiWriter · Director · Editor · Director of Photography

Trailer [Subtitled]The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978) Trailer

Release date

September 21, 1978

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

3h 7m

Rated

NR

Genres

Drama

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