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 work together to form a shantytown. When it is discovered that the land they occupy contains oil, however, it’s up to the cherubic orphan Totò (Francesco Golisano)—with some divine help—to save their community from greedy developers. Tipping their hats to the imaginative whimsy of Charles Chaplin and René Clair, De Sica and screenwriter Cesare Zavattini, adapting his own novel, craft a bighearted ode to the nobility of everyday people.
CONDITION: NEW
MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
Director : Vittorio De Sica
Media Format : Blu-ray
Release date : April 19, 2022
Actors : Paolo Stoppa, Guglielmo Barnabo, Brunella Bovo, Anna Carena, Alba Arnova
Studio : The Criterion Collection
Country of Origin : USA
Number of discs : 1
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