Originally produced as a motion picture in 1978. 1.37:1 aspect ratio. Special features: Ermanno Olmi: the roots of the tree, an hour long episode of the South Bank Show from 1981, featuring an interview with Olmi on the film and a visit to the farm where it was shot; new program featuring cast and crew discussing film at the Cinema Ritrovato film festival in Bologna, Italy, in 2016; archival interviews with Olmi; trailer; essay by film critic Deborah Young. Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari.
Summary:
A painterly and sensual immersion in late nineteenth-century Italian farm life that lovingly focuses on four families working for one landowner on an isolated estate in the province of Bergamo.
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