Miracle In Milan
Miracle in Milan (1951)
Following The Bicycle Thief, Vittorio De Sica's second effort as a producer-director was acclaimed internationally, winning the Grand Prize at Cannes, and voted Best Foreign Film by the New York Film Critics in 1951.
The story of a saint-like orphan boy who rises up to fight for the rights of vagabonds living in a shanty town threatened by a greedy developer, De Sica adds a playful, fairytale dimension to the film's grim socal realism.
Anticipating the surrealism of Fellini's later work, Miracle in Milan plays as a neoralist fable, a heart-warming tale of good versus evil as the discarded people of the streets - portayed by real-life homeless people - challenge the elite that consigned them to poverty. Through it all, the protagonist Toto is offered up as a ray of innocence and hope in a world sullied by avarice and injustice.
Format: DVD
Region: 4
Rating: G
Running time: 93 mins approx
Language: Italian
Subtitles: English
Extras: Documentary on the Premiere, Interviews with Manual De Sica and Brunella Bovo, Stills Gallery, Theatrical Trailer, Umbrella Trailers
Black & White
