Miracle in Milan

Original title: Miracolo a Milano

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

8.8K

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Satire Comedy Drama Fantasy

An open-hearted, unrelentingly energetic orphan struggles to make the best of his life on the streets of Milan.An open-hearted, unrelentingly energetic orphan struggles to make the best of his life on the streets of Milan.An open-hearted, unrelentingly energetic orphan struggles to make the best of his life on the streets of Milan.

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

8.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 4 wins & 3 nominations total

Trivia
The film featured a mix of professional and non-professional actors. Some of these included down-and-out alcoholics who had to be awakened for work by having bucketsful of cold water thrown over them.

Quotes
Totò: Would you like the sun?
[Edvige nods, so Totó looks toward the horizon, where the sun comes up in a few seconds]

Connections
Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une vague nouvelle (1999)

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Sentimental...and wonderful

This film is like a 1950-version of Ettore Scola's Brutti sporchi e cattivi. Less sex and less realism, but a tale with great humanism and warmth. I wouldn't call this a neo-realistic picture. It's very sentimental and more like a fairy tale, and should probably be classed as a comedy, although it deals with serious matters (a little like Chaplin or 1930-comedy). Typical Italian though, very emotional, and hard to resist except for a stone cold person. The sentimentalism is a letdown, although this picture was not meant to be a realistic drama. It's not a masterpiece like Umberto D or The Bicycle Thief. But it is a lovable and hilarious comedy, with good music.

7/10