Miracle in Milan /
Renowned filmmaker Vittorio De Sica followed up his international triumph Bicycle Thieves with this enchantingly playful neorealist fairy tale, in which he combines his celebrated slice-of-life poetry with flights of graceful comedy and storybook fantasy. On the outskirts of Milan, a band of vagabon...
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| Format: | DVD |
| Language: | Italian English |
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[United States] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2022]
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| Series: | Criterion collection, 1119
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| Summary: | Renowned filmmaker Vittorio De Sica followed up his international triumph Bicycle Thieves with this enchantingly playful neorealist fairy tale, in which he combines his celebrated slice-of-life poetry with flights of graceful comedy and storybook fantasy. On the outskirts of Milan, a band of vagabonds works together to form a shantytown. When it is discovered that the land they occupy contains oil, however, it₂s up to the cherubic orphan Tot ̣with some divine help to save their community from greedy developers. Tipping their hats to the imaginative whimsy of Charles Chaplin and Ren ̌Clair, De Sica and screenwriter Cesare Zavattini, adapting his novel, craft a big-hearted ode to the nobility of everyday people. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Based on a novel by Cesare Zavattini. Originally released as a motion picture in 1951. Special features: New 4K digital restoration; New interview; Feature length documentary from 2019 on screenwriter Cesare Zavattini; Trailers; New English subtitle translation; Plus: an essay. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert. |
| Format: | DVD; Aspect ratio (1.37:1); Monaural. |
| Production Credits: | Director, Vittorio De Sica. |
| ISBN: | 9781681439266 1681439263 |