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ITALY · 1951

Miracle in Milan

Vittorio De Sica
magical realism poverty and social class childhood innocence redemption through kindness urban fantasy
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Synopsis

Italian neorealist fantasy. Spielberg cited the final flying sequence as direct inspiration for E.T.

Year1951
CountryItaly
DirectorVittorio De Sica
Films it influenced
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 · Steven Spielberg
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