Movie

Miracle in Milan

1951 · 97 min

A bittersweet neorealist fable that blends gritty poverty with whimsical fantasy, leaving a warm, hopeful aftertaste.

Tagline: An impudent, riotous laugh on the lives and morals of our day!
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Whimsical, warm, melancholic and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Class, politics, found family, faith
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
politics
found family
faith
survival
Places: big city
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none