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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
A poor southern Italian community is viewed through a playful supernatural premise, mixing postwar social observation with fable-like satire and deep affection for ordinary people.
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Why this pick
Its guileless central figure, rural poverty, and quietly miraculous shifts make it a modern counterpart to De Sica’s blend of tenderness, injustice, and impossible hope.
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Why this pick
De Sica returns to working-class life with buoyant, anecdotal warmth: a rich mosaic of flawed, resilient people rendered with comic generosity rather than condescension.
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Why this pick
A gentle dreamer wanders through a changing Italy in this lyrical, comic fable, sharing Miracle in Milan’s sympathy for outsiders and resistance to hard-hearted modernity.
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Why this pick
Though less fantastical, its ragtag poor protagonists and compassionate comic rhythm preserve the pleasure of finding dignity, community, and absurdity among society’s overlooked.
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01 / THE STORY
This fantasy tale tells of Totò who, found in a cabbage patch, is adopted by Lolotta, a wise and kind old woman. When Lolotta dies he moves to an orphanage. At eighteen Totò (Francesco Golisano) leaves the orphanage and ends up in a shantytown squatter colony on the outskirts of Milan.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Rappi
Totò
Lolotta
Edvige
