Miracolo a Milano [videorecording] / Vittorio De Sica Miracle in Milan

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Vittorio De Sica

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Material type: Film

FilmLanguage: Italian Summary language: English Original language: Italian Subtitle language: English Publication details: Italy Umbrella Entertainment Produzioni De Sica Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche (ENIC) 2006Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 93 min.) sound, black & white. 4 3/4 inOther title:

Miracle in Milan

Uniform titles:

Miracle in Milan

LOC classification:

PN1997 .M573 1951

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-C: DVD Cabinet C	PN1997 .M573 1951	Available	Italian audio. Optional English subtitles.		000815

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.

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