The Tree of Wooden Clogs

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Jacqui F @RT09044443 07/03/2023 An absorbing film of the joys and hardships of life when 2/3rds of what is produced goes to the landlord. I felt bereft when it finished as the film had seeped into me. The message is in the title. Do watch it. See more s r @ScottR 06/21/2022 1001 movies to see before you die. This was something different from what I've ever seen. The short shots throughout helped keep your interest. The sincere stories were moving in showing the hardness of peasantry in Italy. It was a bit long though, but I respect it. It was an STG DVD. See more dave s @RT68722908 03/11/2022 In many ways, Ermanno Olmi's The Tree of Wooden Clogs pays homage to the Italian neorealism films of the 40s and 50s. Set in a rural environment in northern Italy, it tells the simple story of an impoverished family tending to the crops and livestock of a wealthy landowner, cobbling together their limited resources in order to eke out an existence. Short on plot but expansive in the scope of its themes of oppression, poverty and familial love, it has all of the elements that made neorealism such an impactful film movement many decades earlier. With a running time of almost three hours, it is not a movie for the impatient but pays significant dividends for those who allow the simple story and its related themes to wash over them. See more Bex W @RT37649988 01/11/2022 My toe's first dip into Italian Neorealism; I'll be returning with my bathing suit on. See more 10/25/2021 I would like to know if the music is largely Donizetti? See more Leaburn O @RT35452347 04/05/2021 It's a good film but painfully slow. Well shot, fascinating but three hours! I loved it in many ways but nah just too much given the pace. See more Read all reviews

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