Alba Arnova, Anna Carena, Brunella Bovo

Once upon a time, an old woman discovered a young child in her cabbage patch. She cared for him until her death, at which time the boy was placed into an orphanage. When the child is released from the...( read more  read more... ) orphanage he inspires shantytown squatters to improve their huts and enjoy the world. But, as they begin to rebuild, the squatters strike oil. The landowner evicts them, wanting the oil for himself. But, the old woman drops down from heaven to give Toto a magical dove -- which repels the police, and grants them whatever wish they want.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Vittorio De Sica

Release Date: December 17, 1951

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  • September 20, 2009
    Vittorio de Sica's most charming fairytale family story and his first attempt to step away a little fom the Neorealism. A direct and surreal criticism towards democratic societies... hehehe...

    88/100
  • July 3, 2009
    One of the funniest pieces of surrealism I could ever imagine!
  • April 30, 2009
    I saw this movie as a kid, so it remians magical in my mind. Yet I remember a lot of things. The old man selling balloons who is so thiin he starts to float away. The main character granting wishes and the two lovers who are opposites wishing to be like each other. When they find...( read more) each other, they are still oppostie.
  • February 14, 2009
    Miracle in Milan is an ideal movie for Christmas. Even though there is nothing religious about it, it reaffirms an optimism and faith in general well-being. Coming from De Sica, this is surprising, as I had come to see him as a chronicler of misery and reality.
  • December 20, 2008
    Uno de los grandes maestros del neorrealismo italiano, Vittorio de Sica, responsable también de la maravillosa Ladrón de Bicicletas (1948), se mantuvo fiel en hacer un reflejo de la pobreza que se vivía en la Italia de la posguerra con Milagro en Milán (1951).


    Contrario a La...( read more)drón de Bicicletas, en Milagro en Milán de Sica ofrece una divertida fábula, que incluso en sus momentos más inverosímiles resulta delirante y conmovedora. Su mayor virtud reside en la manera en que huye de la crudeza y tristeza lacrimógena, encontrando alegría en todos los rincones de esa comunidad marginal instalada en un terreno.

    La cosa podrá sonar melosa, dulzona y tal vez cursi, pero la buena mano de Vittorio de Sica hace que en ningún momento el filme caiga del todo en esas fórmulas fáciles. Llega a parecer que de Sica trata demasiado bien a todos estos pobres, que se han pasado de ambiciosos al pedir tantos deseos a Totó. Es una grata manera de cuidarlos, luego de todo lo que han padecido. Y con Totó vaya que la han pasado bien.
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  • September 27, 2008
    Es mi película preferida, por que es hermosa, inteligente y además porque la vi sentadita al lado de mi viejo cuando era chica.
  • July 16, 2008
    want to see this because it won best foreign-language film with the NYFC and was nominated for best foreign film by NBR

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