Miracolo a Milano
Vittorio De Sica
Miracolo a Milano Miracle in Milan [videorecording] / Miracle in Milan Vittorio De Sica - Italy Umbrella Entertainment Produzioni De Sica Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche (ENIC) 2006 - 1 videodisc (ca. 93 min.) sound, black & white. 4 3/4 in.
Based on the novel "Totò il buono" by Cesare Zavattini. Special features include Premier in Milan, interviews, poster artwork and lobby stills, trailer.
From case cover:
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 social realism.
Anticipating the surrealism of Fellini's later work, Miracle in Milan plays as a neorealist fable, a heart-warming tale of good versus evil as the discarded people of the streets - portrayed 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.
DVD video; Dolby Digital 2.0; stereo; PAL; Region 4; 4:3 fullscreen.
Italian audio. Optional English subtitles.
PN1997 / .M573 1951
Miracolo a Milano Miracle in Milan [videorecording] / Miracle in Milan Vittorio De Sica - Italy Umbrella Entertainment Produzioni De Sica Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche (ENIC) 2006 - 1 videodisc (ca. 93 min.) sound, black & white. 4 3/4 in.
Based on the novel "Totò il buono" by Cesare Zavattini. Special features include Premier in Milan, interviews, poster artwork and lobby stills, trailer.
From case cover:
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 social realism.
Anticipating the surrealism of Fellini's later work, Miracle in Milan plays as a neorealist fable, a heart-warming tale of good versus evil as the discarded people of the streets - portrayed 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.
DVD video; Dolby Digital 2.0; stereo; PAL; Region 4; 4:3 fullscreen.
Italian audio. Optional English subtitles.
PN1997 / .M573 1951