The Tree of Wooden Clogs
L'albero degli zoccoli
Italy • 1978
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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.
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.
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Luigi Ornaghias Batistì
Francesca Moriggias Batistina
Omar Brignolias Minec
Antonio Ferrarias Tuni
Teresa Brescianinias Widow Runk
Giuseppe Brignolias Anselmo