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.
as Batistì
as Batistina
as Minec
as Tuni
as Widow Runk
as Anselmo
as Peppino
as Teresina
as Pierino
as Annetta
as Bettina
as Il Finard
as La Moglie Finarda
as Il Nonno Finard
as Uslì
as Secondo
as Olga
as Brena
as La Moglie di Brena
as Maddalena
as Stefano
as Father
as Mother
as Don Carlo
as Padrone
as Fattore
as Fritz
as Luca Maria
as Donna del Segno
