The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
Directed by Ermanno Olmi · 187 min · Drama
65.8 TOPICAL score · #964 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →On a turn-of-the-20th-century northern Italian farm, a group of sharecroppers eke out a threadbare existence. A priest advises Batisti and his wife Batistina that their young son Minec should be formally educated, so they sacrifice his help in the fields and send him to school. When Minec's wooden shoe breaks one day, Batisti--in an act of desperation--puts the family's future at risk to replace the clog.
The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978, directed by Ermanno Olmi) has a TOPICAL score of 65.8 - ranked 964 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and critics, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 3 awards from 3 nominations, including the Palme d'Or. Critics: 94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.6/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 7.6/10 (241 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 35 languages.
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 6,776 films we score. How the score works.
- Critics94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.6/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 7.6/10 (241 ratings)
- Awards3 wins, 3 nominations - incl. Palme d'Or; David di Donatello for Best Film; César Award for Best Foreign Film
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 35 languages
- Still read3,758 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari
“In 2008, the film was included in the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian Films to be Saved, recognising it as one of the films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10