Plot
An old woman finds a baby among the cabbages in her garden; she takes care of him 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 they aren't. Without belongings or 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 Milan. 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 when the wealthy Mr. Mobbi buys the land, he tries to get rid of them.
Written by
Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica, Suso Cecchi D'Amico
Directed by
Vittorio De Sica
Crew
Production Countries
Italy
Production Companies
Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche (ENIC), Produzioni De Sica
Languages
English, Italiano
Awards
Nominated for 2 BAFTA 4 wins & 3 nominations total