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Miracle in Milan (1951)

Miracle in Milan (1951)

Drama Comedy Fantasy

An impudent, riotous laugh on the lives and morals of our day!

Release Date: 1951, February 8
Directors: Vittorio De Sica
Countries: Italy
Production: Produzioni De Sica, ENIC
Cast: Paolo Stoppa, Checco Rissone, Anna Carena, Brunella Bovo, Erminio Spalla, Alba Arnova, Emma Gramatica, Arturo Bragaglia, Virgilio Riento, Guglielmo Barnabò, Francesco Golisano, Riccardo Bertazzolo

Overview:

Once upon a time a wise and kind old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Totò, enters an orphanage. Totò leaves the orphanage a happy young man, and looks for work in post-war Milan. He ends up with the homeless and organizes them to build a shanty town in a vacant lot. But when greedy developers threaten the community’s land, Totò will need all the help he can get in order to find an impossible way out.

Keywords:

based on novel or book poverty magic orphan magic realism angel kindness homeless person slum foundling shantytown milan