The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1979) on Netflix

The life inside a farm in Italy at the end of the 19th century. Many poor country families live there, and the owner pays them by their productivity. One of the families has a very clever child. They decide to send him to school instead of make him help them, although this represents a great sacrifice. The boy has to wake up very early and walk several miles to get to the school. One day the boy's shoes break when returning home, but they do not have money to buy another pair. What can they do? —Michel Rudoy bedwettingchasing an animalfrenchsoldierpianist231 morePlot summaryAdd synopsisTaglinesOnce in a generation, a work of art appears as if by magic, to move and inspire its audience. A work that returns to a exhausted humanity the possibility of simple grandeur. We invite you to visit a time and place when life was still a sacred matter. When the family of man was still - a family.GenresDramaHistoryCertificateNot RatedParents guide