The Tree of Wooden Clogs

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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  Ermanno Olmi
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  Fiorella Lugli

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  Luigi Ornaghi
  Batistì
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  Francesca Moriggi
  Batistina
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  Omar Brignoli
  Minec
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  Antonio Ferrari
  Tuni
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  Teresa Brescianini
  Widow Runk
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  Giuseppe Brignoli
  Anselmo
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  Carlo Rota
  Peppino
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  Pasqualina Brolis
  Teresina
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  Massimo Fratus
  Pierino
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  Francesca Villa
  Annetta
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  Maria Grazia Caroli
  Bettina
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  Battista Trevaini
  Il Finard
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  Giuseppina Langalelli
  La Moglie Finarda
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  Lorenzo Pedroni
  Il Nonno Finard
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  Felice Cervi
  Uslì
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  Pierangelo Bertoli
  Secondo
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  Brunella Migliaccio
  Olga
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  Giacomo Cavalleri
  Brena
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  Lorenza Frigeni
  La Moglie di Brena
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  Lucia Pezzoli
  Maddalena