Publisher: Umbrella Entertainment Run time: 177Min Year: 1978 Release date: RRP:$ 29.99$ 19.99
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A sprawling saga of peasant life in late nineteenth century Italy, Tree
of Wooden Clogs won the Grand Prize at Cannes in 1978 and stands as a
masterpiece of Italian cinema. Set over four seasons, this harrowing
yet beautiful film is the story of three communal farming families
struggling to survive in the face of poverty, and the heavy taxing of
their harvest by a wealthy, faceless landlord.
On the advice of a local
priest, one family makes a great sacrifice by sending their gifted son
to school. But when the son's prized wooden clogs break, and he can no
longer travel to class, the father takes a big risk by seeking
replacement wood in the grove of his vindictive landlord.
Written,
directed, photographed and edited by the great Ermanno Olmi (Il Posto),
The Tree of Wooden Clogs won numerous international awards and
established Olmi as one of Italy’s finest post-war filmmakers.
