The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
- Original title
- L'albero degli zoccoli
- Directed by
- Ermanno Olmi
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 3h 06m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 239 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This film follows the daily lives of poor peasant families living together on a farm in late 19th century Lombardy, Italy. It shows their work, struggles, and small joys using actual local farmers as actors.
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What happens
The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Italian: L'albero degli zoccoli) is a 1978 Italian film written and directed by Ermanno Olmi. The film depicts the life of Lombard peasants in a cascina (farmhouse) during the late 19th century. It shares similarities with the earlier Italian neorealist movement, focusing on the lives of the poor and casting actual farmers and locals instead of professional actors. The Tree of Wooden Clogs received critical acclaim, winning fourteen awards, including the Palme d'Or at Cannes and the César Award for Best Foreign Film. The original version of the movie is spoken in Lombard (the Bergamasque variety, an Eastern Lombard dialect). In 2008, the film was included in the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian Films to be Saved, recognising it as one of the films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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