DVD
The tree of wooden clogs = L'albero degli zoccoli
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Languages
In Bergamasque or Italian, with English subtitles.
Performers
Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2017]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (187 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
A painterly and sensual immersion in late nineteenth-century Italian farm life that lovingly focuses on four families working for one landowner on an isolated estate in the province of Bergamo.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1978.
Special features: New 4K restoration, created in collaboration with The Film Foundation and the Cineteca di Bologna at L'Immagine Ritrovata and supervised by director Ermanno Olmi ; alternate Italian-language soundtrack ; new introduction by filmmaker Mike Leigh ; Ermanno Olmi: the roots of the tree, an hour-long 1981 episode of The South Bank show, featuring an interview with Olmi on the film and a visit to the farm where it was shot ; new program featuring cast and crew discussing film at the Cinema Ritrovato film festival in Bologna, Italy, in 2016 ; interviews with Olmi from 1978 and 2008 ; trailer.