If you loved Nothing Left to Do But Cry, try Miracle in Milan
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Miracle in Milan has roughly 4.5× fewer votes than Nothing Left to Do But Cry — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the foreign gem mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Nothing Left to Do But Cry, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Miracle in Milan is
The camera watches as a cabbage delivers a baby like a suburban stork. A benevolent crone raises him then dies, leaving Totò to trade orphanage grit for Milan’s mean streets. When developers come knocking on his ramshackle kingdom, he pulls a magic turnip out of the plot and everyone believes the miracle.
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