The Tree of Wooden Clogs

The Tree of Wooden Clogs ( Italian:  L'Albero degli zoccoli ; titled  The Tree with the Wooden Clogs in the UK) 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. 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  Bergamasque, an  Eastern Lombard dialect.

==Cast [edit] ==
 * Luigi Ornaghi - Batistì
 * Francesca Moriggi - Batistina
 * Omar Brignoli - Minec
 * Antonio Ferrari - Tuni
 * Teresa Brescianini - Widow Runk
 * Giuseppe Brignoli - Anselmo
 * Carlo Rota - Peppino
 * Pasqualina Brolis - Teresina
 * Massimo Fratus - Pierino
 * Francesca Villa - Annetta
 * Maria Grazia Caroli - Bettina
 * Battista Trevaini - Il Finard
 * Giuseppina Langalelli - La Moglie Finarda
 * Lorenzo Pedroni - Il nonno Finard
 * Felice Cervi - Uslì