Miracle in Milan

Miracle in Milan

An impudent, riotous laugh on the lives and morals of our day!

Directed by Vittorio De Sica

Produced by Produzioni De Sica, ENIC

195197 min7.3 / 10

A whimsical, warmly humanistic fable about kindness and community that uses magic realism to transform poverty and social injustice into a celebration of human dignity and solidarity.

Once upon a time a wise and kind old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Totò, enters an orphanage. Totò leaves the orphanage a happy young man, and looks for work in post-war Milan. He ends up with the homeless and organizes them to build a shanty town in a vacant lot. But when greedy developers threaten the community’s land, Totò will need all the help he can get in order to find an impossible way out.

Questions people ask

  • Does Miracle in Milan end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 90% of films.

  • Is Miracle in Milan easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Is Miracle in Milan violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Miracle in Milan scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Miracle in Milan sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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68/ 100

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Surprise54

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Love80

How much audiences actually like it

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