The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)

The life inside a farm in Italy at the beginning of the century. Many poor country families live there, and the owner pays them by their productivity. One of the families has a very clever child. They decide to send him to school instead of make him help them, although this represents a great sacrifice. The boy has to wake up very early and walk several miles to get to the school. One day the boy's shoes break when returning home, but they do not have money to buy other. What can they do?

IMDb rating	7.8
Producers	RAI, Ital-Noleggio Cinematografico
Original title	L'albero degli zoccoli
Directors	Fiorella Lugli, Ermanno Olmi
Writers	Ermanno Olmi

Cast

Luigi Ornaghi

as Batistì

Francesca Moriggi

as Batistina

Omar Brignoli

as Minec

Antonio Ferrari

as Tuni

Teresa Brescianini

as Widow Runk

Giuseppe Brignoli

as Anselmo

Carlo Rota

as Peppino

Pasqualina Brolis

as Teresina

Massimo Fratus

as Pierino

Francesca Villa

as Annetta

Maria Grazia Caroli

as Bettina

Battista Trevaini

as Il Finard

Giuseppina Langalelli

as La Moglie Finarda

Lorenzo Pedroni

as Il nonno Finard

Felice Cervi

as Uslì

Pierangelo Bertoli

as Secondo

Brunella Migliaccio

as Olga

Giacomo Cavalleri

as Brena

Lorenza Frigeni

as La moglie di Brena

Lucia Pezzoli

as Maddalena

Franco Pilenga

as Stefano

Guglielmo Badoni

as Father

Laura Lecatelli

as Mother

Carmelo Silva

as Don Carlo

Mario Brignoli

as Padrone

Emilio Pedroni

as Fattore

Vittorio Capelli

as Fritz

Francesca Bassurini

as Luca Maria

Lina Ricci

as Donna del Segno