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Original title L'albero degli zoccoli
Genre Drama
Director Ermanno Olmi
Country, yearITALIA, 1978
Runtime 170
Production Rai - Italnoleggio Cinematografico - Gaumont - Gruppo Produzione Cinema - Sacis
Release date 21/09/1978
Cinecittà rights Theatrical Italy, International rights sales, Domestic rights sales
Film
The tree of wooden clogs
Between the autumn of 1897 and the summer of 1898, four families pass their apparently peaceful lives in a farmhouse in the Bergamo countryside. The members of this community share a deep bond that leads them to experience together both the good and the bad that life has reserved for them. When it has to do with handing over two-thirds of their produce to the strict farm owner Mesagiù, everyone tries to cheat so as to gain a few pounds of flour. Together they slaughter the pig, separate the opposing parties and get involved in village festivals and religious functions. One day one of Menek?s clogs breaks and his father, Batistì, is forced to cut down one of the owner?s plants “the tree of wooden clogs” to repair it.
Festival
Festival Di Cannes, Cesar, David Di Donatello, Sindacato Francese Di Critica Cinematografica, Nastri D’argento, New York Film Critics Circle Award, British Academy Of Films And Television Arts, Japanese Academy, Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award
Awards
| Festival de Cannes 1978 | Palma d’Oro e Premio della Giuria Ecumenica a Ermanno Olmi |
| David di Donatello 1979 | Miglior Film (ex-aequo) |
| Nastri d’Argento 1979 | Miglior Regia, Soggetto Originale, Sceneggiatura, Fotografia, Costumi, |
Crew
Screenplay Ermanno Olmi
Editing Ermanno Olmi
Costume design Francesca Zucchelli
Set design Enrico Tovaglieri
Music Fernando Germani
Cast
Batistì LUIGI ORNAGHI
Batistina FRANCESCA MORIGGI
Minek, il figlio scolaro OMAR BIGNOLI
Tunì ANTONIO FERRARI
Vedova Runk TERESA BRESCIANINI
Nonno Anselmo GIUSEPPE BRIGNOLI
Peppino CARLO ROTA
Teresina PASQUALINA BROLIS
Pierino MASSIMO FRATUS
Annetta FRANCESCA VILLA
Bettina MARIA GRAZIA CAROLI
Finard BATTISTA TREVAINI
Finarda GIUSEPPINA SANGALETTI
Nonno Finard LORENZO PEDRONI
Ustì FELICE CERVI
Madre dello sposo LAURA LOCATELLI
Padre dello sposo GUGLIELMO BADONI
Stefano, lo sposo FRANCO PILENGA
Maddalena, la sposa LUCIA PEZZOLI
Suor Maria FRANCESCA BASSURINI
Don Carlo CARMELO SILVA
Donna del sogno LINA RICCI
Brena GIACOMO CAVALLERI
Moglie di Brena LORENZA FRIGENI
Secondo PIERANGELO BERTOLI
Olga BRUNELLA MIGLIACCIO
Il Padrino MARIO BRIGNOLI
Frikì VITTORIO CAPELLI
Il Fattore EMILIO PEDRONI
