UW Cinematheque: Summer Selections
The Tree of Wooden Clogs | Italy | 1978 | DCP | 182 min. | Italian with English subtitles Director: Ermanno Olmi
Event Details
Date
Friday, July 7, 2017
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli
Winner of the Palme dOr at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival, Olmi’s epic tale of Italian peasant life follows the day-to-day life of one farming family. Casting non-professional locals and filming on an abandoned farm, Olmi weaves a hypnotic and gorgeously photographed saga of love and life, birth and death, faith and superstition.
Winner of the Palme dOr at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival, Olmi’s epic tale of Italian peasant life follows the day-to-day life of one farming family. Casting non-professional locals and filming on an abandoned farm, Olmi weaves a hypnotic and gorgeously photographed saga of love and life, birth and death, faith and superstition.
Cost
Free
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