The Tree of Wooden Clogs

The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978) starring Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi. A year in the lives of four Italian peasant families at the turn of the century -- the 20th century. The film encompasses a birth, a marriage, a harvest, and numerous details from the lives of the peasants. At the historical time, they were tenant farmers, and the landowner was not a pleasant man. The central story of the movie involves a boy who is privileged to go to school, and his grandfather, who cuts down a tree to make a clog to replace the boy's broken clog. The film, which spans an entire year, also has a running time of three hours, which is way too long for my taste. It's in Italian, with English subtitles. The subtitles are quite good. Grade: B+