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7.6·1978·187 min·Italiano·Directed by Ermanno Olmi
When the family of man was still—a family.
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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.
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soonertboneVIP★7/10Sep 26, 2025
Plotless, meandering, but surprisingly engrossing. This was a more modern take on the neorealism of the 50s that focused on a group of peasants making life work on a big estate. I think my interest mostly focused on the procedural, watching these characters eke out an existence. But there were moments of some lovely character work, and by the end of the whole thing I felt connected to the characters. Surprisingly effective.
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