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A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 95%. Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 93% of the 1,123 1970s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 3h 7m.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
241 audience votes
Key crew
- Ermanno OlmiDirector
- Ermanno OlmiWriter
Cast
- Luigi OrnaghiBatistì
- Francesca MoriggiBatistina
- Omar BrignoliMinec
- Antonio FerrariTuni
- Teresa BrescianiniWidow Runk
- Giuseppe BrignoliAnselmo
- Carlo RotaPeppino
- Pasqualina BrolisTeresina
- Massimo FratusPierino
- Francesca VillaAnnetta
- Maria Grazia CaroliBettina
- Battista TrevainiIl Finard
Themes
farmdancingparent child relationshipwinterpeasantvillagemoneyschoolshoenostalgicrecord playerpig slaughter
The Best Movies of 1978
The Tree of Wooden Clogs is #7 of 60
