Tree of Wooden Clogs
Date: 1978
Director: Ermanno Olmi
Production Company: Istituto Luce
Stars: Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli,Antonio Ferrari
Location(s): Cividate al Piano, Bergamo, Lombardia, Italy
Region(s): Italy
Storyline:
Follows the lives of peasant farmers in Northern Italy at the end of the 19th Century, detailing their hopes and fears while living under the pressures of an absent landlord.
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Farm in the Lombardian countryside.
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Road into Cividate al Piano, Bergamo as listed on IMDB.
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Festa in the village, the church steeple will provide a good landmark.
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Inside the village.
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And its backstreets.
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Leaving the village and the path to the farm.
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Close up view of the back of the farmhouse.
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The nearby mill, but how near?
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Barge trip along the Naviglio Grande to Milan, with the distinctive 16th Century bridge and the Villa Clerici on the hill in the background?
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A large farmhouse or villa with a decorative landing stage and steps. After eight years Steve Randall has finally resolved this one for us. Villa Gaia, Robecco sul Naviglio, Milan. (RL)
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Farm buildings along the canal.
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End of the journey, but where?
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Could it be around the streets of Milan?
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Lots of distinctive buildings, windows and doorways but where?
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Looks like a church on the left. Another location resolved by Steve, Duomo in Milan peeping through Via Palazzo Real. The church on the left is Chiesa di San Gottardo in Corte. (RL)
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If you find the town, the doorway will surely follow.
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Road leading up to the convent.
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