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 (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Ermanno Olmi
Written By: Ermanno Olmi
Starring: Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari, Teresa Brescianini, Giuseppe Brignoli
Genre: Drama
AKA: L'Albero degli zoccoli
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The Tree of Wooden Clogs belongs to 53 collections
1. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (collaborative: moderated by kozan26 - 234 stars)
2. Criterion Collection (collaborative: moderated by caffe - 167 stars)
3. Palme d'Or (collaborative: moderated by mpowell - 79 stars)
4. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2008 revision) (collaborative: moderated by Scottathon - 39 stars)
5. Empire's 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time (public: Ross - 36 stars)
6. New York Times' The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (collaborative: moderated by theficionado - 32 stars)
7. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2010 revision) (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 32 stars)
8. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2014 revision) (collaborative: moderated by Jehan - 27 stars)
9. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2012 revision) (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 25 stars)
10. AAA: Empire's five star movies (collaborative: moderated by KasperL - 24 stars)
11. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2017 revision) (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 22 stars)
12. Over 3 Hours Long (collaborative: moderated by djross - 19 stars)
13. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 19 stars)
14. Best of criticker: Drama (collaborative: moderated by avgcrtckr - 18 stars)
15. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2013 revision) (collaborative: moderated by rant1229 - 16 stars)
16. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2011 revision) (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 14 stars)
17. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2020 revision) (public: djross - 14 stars)
18. International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 11 stars)
19. David Thomson's 1000 Films (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 7 stars)
20. TSPDT Top 200 Directors: Best Film (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 6 stars)
21. Best by different standards (public: sesito71 - 6 stars)
22. The Vatican Film List (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 5 stars)
23. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2007 revision) (collaborative: moderated by Scottathon - 4 stars)
24. Djross great movies (public: djross - 4 stars)
25. 100 film italiani da salvare (public: ott - 4 stars)
26. Criterion Collection (Blu-ray and 4K) (public: PepeCamello - 3 stars)
27. Djross film as art (public: djross - 3 stars)
28. Cannes - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (collaborative: moderated by Thegoodboy - 2 stars)
29. César Award for Best Foreign Film (collaborative: moderated by juandr - 2 stars)
30. Djross landmarks of cinema (public: djross - 2 stars)
31. Animal killing (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 1 star)
32. Sight and Sound 2002 (Single Vote) (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 1 star)
33. David of Donatello Award (collaborative: moderated by Rubens - 1 star)
34. A Year of Essential Cinema (collaborative: moderated by Ibetolis1 - 1 star)
35. Italian director (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 1 star)
36. movies of the year - Brian (public: JooJoo - 1 star)
37. Netflix (public: TonyS. - 1 star)
38. The Greatest Movies of All Time - Filmweb's Alternative Top 500 (public: Hadleyreis - 1 star)
39. Cannes 1978 Official Selection (collaborative)
40. Derek Malcolm's Century of Films (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha)
41. Piero Scaruffi's list of great films (collaborative)
42. ondisc (public: sonique)
43. Djross 1978 top ten (public: djross)
44. Films to get (public: Scelsi)
45. aNobii Cineforum (public: earthlydel)
46. Filmspotting Ratings Project: Week 30 (public: PeaceAnarchy)
47. Catholic-Themed Films (public: EmeraldGuard)
48. HDD 151029 (public: caffe)
49. 3: High Priority (Not in English) (public: KasperL)
50. Djross Italian feature films I've seen (public: djross)
51. Non-Professional Actors : entirely or mostly (public: Thegoodboy)
52. Djross the 100 films that define my taste (public: djross)
53. Filmin (public: Hadleyreis)
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djross | 86 96th |
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Like DAYS OF HEAVEN, this concerns rhythms of all kinds - diurnal, nocturnal, seasonal, cultivation, reproduction, Bach - but also the arrhythmia of the initially slow but accelerating pace of historical change. In relation to all that, the care cultivated by faith provides ways of living together, but their only resorts when confronted with injustice are dignity and memory. That something like the aristocratic THE LEOPARD receives far more attention from critics and historians seems telling.
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JooJoo | 6 95th |
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In under 30 minutes, a childlike sense of fascination and immersion is achieved [the likes of which I've only rarely experienced], and it never lets go, not even after it ends. There's nothing overly impressive to comment on, it just all comes together so remarkably well. Delicately handling multiple characters and sentiments with ease.
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PeaceAnarchy | 83 72nd |
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Be warned this is slow, really really slow. Still, if you're up for it, it can be an extremely rewarding experience. Olmi captures the monotony and small triumphs of peasant life and the prevalence of religion extremely well and the film has its share of happy and sad moments, all played to perfection by a wonderful cast.
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hehejaja | 95 97th |
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A sensitive tribute to the everyday chores of four poor families on a tired, old farm at the end of the 19th century. Never sentimental but constantly warm hearted, forbearing and humane. A film shaped with colossal diligence and a big fucking heart.
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MartinTeller | 81 69th |
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There's no plot to speak of, just a series of minor anecdotes. It captures the sense of time and place, depicting their struggles without asking the audience for pity, and without portraying the characters as noble salt-of-the-earth types wronged by a cruel class system (except at the end, but by that point it's been earned). It's all very matter-of-fact. The cast is quite good, and the photography, although not spectacular, has a pastoral grace to it. But it does require some patience.
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Moribunny | 95 98th |
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A unique and sublime piece of cinema, The Tree of Wooden Clogs is a 3-hour-long slice of the life of Italian peasantry before the industrial revolution. Lacking a unified plot, the film consists instead of various sequences forming a complex, atmospheric and naturalistic portrait of a simple farming community. Olmi directs a great cast with his typical hyper-realism, and the photography is gorgeous.
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| 1 | sellis | 94 95th |
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Like Yi Yi by way of Bresson. The ultimate counterpoint to the phoniness of Italian Neo-Realism Olmi is so against in all his works. A testament to the empathy tool of cinema, that we can know technically so little about the faces inhabiting the frame and yet feel so deeply for them. The boy struggling with his titular clogs, the man unable to resist the temptation of a coin in the dirt during an anti-plutocratic rant, and the newlyweds' journey to society. The ending is devastating perfection.
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auhasarderik | 9 91st |
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Beautiful details and human observation are to be found in this pensively paced drama about italian peasants that harks to the very primal idea of film as a document of how our lives are lived.
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| Average Percentile 70.57% from 280 Ratings |  |