08-15-2009, 09:56 AM
The Tree of Wooden Clogs directed by Ermanno Olmi (Italian -- 1978)
This was the most depressing movie I've ever seen.
Four peasant families rent parts of a single farmhouse from their boss (who's seldom around). Talk about poor. We're talking dust poor. They pursue subsistence with the lethargic clod-clopping intensity of a sleeping tortoise. Highlights include a man finding a coin on the ground. Can you say, clop, clop, clop, clop? (Everyone wears wooden clogs.)
Actually a well-respected slice of peasant life movie, winning the Golden Palm, but don't expect too many martial arts fights.
This was the most depressing movie I've ever seen.
Four peasant families rent parts of a single farmhouse from their boss (who's seldom around). Talk about poor. We're talking dust poor. They pursue subsistence with the lethargic clod-clopping intensity of a sleeping tortoise. Highlights include a man finding a coin on the ground. Can you say, clop, clop, clop, clop? (Everyone wears wooden clogs.)
Actually a well-respected slice of peasant life movie, winning the Golden Palm, but don't expect too many martial arts fights.