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The Tree of Wooden Clogs
Why this pick
Its patient, earthbound observation of a rural Italian community has the same feeling for shared lives, hardship, faith and small gestures of grace beneath history's pressures.
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MOVIE1982 1h 45m ITA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The film follows several inhabitants of an Italian town during the end of World War II. Defeat is certain for the German army, and the front is retreating back to Germany, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. The Germans plan to blow up several buildings in the town, and have told all the villagers to congregate in the town's church. Approximately half of the town decides to stay, and place their trust in the church. The rest of the town dresses in dark clothing, and go out to seek the Americans, who are rumored to be nearby, liberating towns as they come to them.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Omero Antonutti
Galvano
Massimo Bonetti
Nicola