When the family of man was still—a family.
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.
Directed byErmanno Olmi
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 3h 7m
- Language
- IT
- Released
- September 21, 1978
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Featuring
Cast & crew
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
- Directed by
- Ermanno Olmi
- Written by
- Ermanno Olmi
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