Miracle in Milan

The film's naive hero, Toto the Good, organizes the inhabitants of a Milan shantytown when their land suddenly becomes very valuable. But even the magical powers of the woman who discovered Toto as a baby cannot fend off the wealthy top-hatted men intent upon taking over their property. When the squatters and the police end up in a pitched battle, it becomes obvious that, though the film was made to address the dire economic situation of postwar Italy, it has unfortunate relevance for our own times.