Luigi Ornaghi

Birth : 1931-12-09, Treviglio, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy

Death : 2006-12-10

History

Luigi Ornaghi was an Italian farmer and non-professional actor best known for his role as the protagonist in the Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978).

Movies

L'albero delle zoccole
In an ancient farmhouse in the Bergamo countryside, Batisti, widowed for two years, lives with his niece Teresi. During his afternoon naps, Batisti has frequent erotic dreams.
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
Batistì
The life inside a farm in Italy at the beginning of the 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 other. What can they do?