L'arbre aux sabots (1979) - Rotten Tomatoes

L'arbre aux sabots (1979)

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Italian filmmaker Ermanno Olmi's Tree of the Wooden Clogs covers a period of twelve months, dividing its time between three peasant families, all of whom work on the estate of an all-but-absentee landlord. Special emphasis is given the interrelationships between the various family members and their neighbors. Tree of the Wooden Clogs was honored with the Golden Palm award at the Cannes Film Festival.more
Rating: Unrated
Genre: Art House & International, Drama
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Written By: Ermanno Olmi
Runtime:
Koch Lorber Films

Cast

Luigi Omaghi
as Batisti
Giuseppe Brignoli
as Grandpa Anselmo
Carlo Rota
as Peppino
Lorenzo Pedroni
as Grandpa Finar
Lorenza Frigeni
as Brena's Wife
Lucia Pezzoli
as Maddalena
Guglielmo Padoni
as Bridegroom's Father
Laura Locatelli
as Bridegroom's Mother
Carmelo Silva
as Don Carlo
Francesca Bassurini
as Sister Maria
Lina Ricci
as Sign Woman
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Critic Reviews for L'arbre aux sabots

All Critics (11) | Top Critics (3)

Full Review… | October 23, 2004
Chicago Sun-Times
Top Critic

Full Review… | February 9, 2006
Time Out
Top Critic

Full Review… | September 4, 2004
New York Times
Top Critic

Keeps its Marxist message under wraps, and manages never to be either lackluster or thrilling.

Full Review… | October 14, 2008
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

An Italian masterpiece that elegantly and effortlessly depicts the natural rhythms of life in a rural community in the nineteenth century.

Full Review… | December 10, 2004
Spirituality and Practice

The value here is in documenting an example of the small social units and their values that were steps in the evolution to representational government.

Full Review… | October 28, 2004
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Audience Reviews for L'arbre aux sabots

Sometimes,you don't need none but the amateur's heart.Olmi's glorifying tenderness qualifies his ability to show reality as a glass of water:he embodies Nature as the God of agricultural loneliness(and poverty).Goddess to be precise...

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