Directed by:
Vittorio De SicaCinematography:
G.R. AldoComposer:
Alessandro CicogniniCast:
Francesco Golisano, Brunella Bovo, Paolo Stoppa, Emma Gramatica, Guglielmo Barnabò, Alba Arnova, Arturo Bragaglia, Anna Carena, Virgilio Riento (more)VOD (3)
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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. (Criterion)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1953 - Best Film
- 1953 - Francesco Golisano (Best Foreign Actor)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1951 - Best Foreign Language Film
Cannes Film Festival
- 1951 - Vittorio De Sica (Grand Prize)
Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival)
- 1952 - Vittorio De Sica (Golden Bear for Best Film)