The Tree of Wooden Clogs

The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Italian: L'Albero degli zoccoli) is a 1978 Italian film written and directed by Ermanno Olmi. The film concerns Lombard peasant life in a cascina (farmhouse) of the late 19th century. It has some similarities with the earlier Italian neorealist movement, in that it focuses on the lives of the poor, and the parts were played by real farmers and locals, rather than professional actors.

The Tree of Wooden Clogs
Original film poster
Directed byErmanno Olmi
Written byErmanno Olmi
StarringLuigi Ornaghi
Francesca Moriggi
Omar Brignoli
CinematographyErmanno Olmi
Edited byErmanno Olmi
Release dates
September 21, 1978 (Italy)
June 1, 1979 (U.S.)
Running time
186 mins
CountryItaly
LanguageLombard

It won fourteen awards including the Palme d'Or at Cannes and the César Award for Best Foreign Film. The original version of the movie is spoken in Lombard (the Bergamasque variety, an Eastern Lombard dialect).

In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."

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