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An old woman finds a baby among the cauliflowers in her garden. She takes care of the orphan, and calls him Totò. When she dies, he is sent to an orphanage, which he leaves as a teenager. When Totò goes out in the world, he expects everyone to be open-hearted as himself, but it isn’t so. Without belongings and a place to live, he soon turns up among other homeless people, living scattered in boxes and cement pipes on a vast, barren field outside Milano. With his energy and enthusiasm Totò quickly engages the outcasts in transforming the place into a small shanty town. The eccentric misfits are turned into a warm-hearted community. But among them is an egoist, a traitor. When squirts of oil suddenly springs up from the ground, he sneaks away and informs the wealthy Mr. Mobbi about it, who buys the land and tries to get rid of the outcasts. At this crucial moment, the spirit of Totò’s dead mother appears, and gives him a magic dove. With its magic power he fulfills all wishes of the poor, and holds off the evil forces of Mr. Mobbi through amazing tricks. But two other spirits from heaven try to get hold of the dove, causing problems for Totò and his friends. |
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| Ratings: | IMDB: 7.8/10 | |
| Released: | December 17, 1951 | |
| Runtime: | 100 min | |
| Genres: | Drama Comedy Fantasy | |
| Companies: | Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche Produzioni De Sica Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche (ENIC) | |
| Cast: | Paolo Stoppa Emma Gramatica Guglielmo Barnabò Francesco Golisano | |
| Crew: | Vittorio De Sica Suso Cecchi D'Amico Cesare Zavattini Mario Chiari Adolfo Franci | |
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