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Jean Cocteau (play) (segment "La voce umana") &
Federico Fellini (story) (segment "Miracolo, Il") ...
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Release Date:
8 February 1950 (USA)
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A simple woman sleeps with a bum, portrayed by Fellini, under the impression that he is Saint Joseph...
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2 wins
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Ways of Love, or the Best Films that Didn't Appear on Other "Ten Best" Lists...
(From The Auteurs. 23 November 2009, 10:57 AM, PST)
(From The Auteurs. 23 November 2009, 10:57 AM, PST)
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A much maligned and misunderstood movie
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Anna Magnani | ... | The Woman (segment "Una voce umana") / Nanni (segment "Il miracolo") | |
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| Sylvia Bataille | ... | Henriette (segment "Miracolo, Il") | |
| Lia Corelli | ... | (segment "La voce umana") | |
| Federico Fellini | ... | The Stranger (segment "Miracolo, Il") | |
| Gabrielle Fontan | ... | Grandmother (segment "Miracolo, Il") | |
| Jucci Kellerman | ... | (segment "La voce umana") | |
| Jane Marken | ... | Madame Dufour (segment "Miracolo, Il") | |
| Elli Parvo | ... | Paola (segment "La voce umana") | |
| Peparuolo | ... | Monk | |
| Amelia Robert | ... | Teacher (segment "Miracolo, Il") | |
| Odette Roger | ... | Marie (segment "Miracolo, Il") | |
| Roswita Schmidt | ... | Anna (segment "La voce umana") | |
| Annie Toinon | ... | Jofroi's wife Barbe (segment "Miracolo, Il") | |
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Ways of Love (USA)
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69 min | 78 min
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When, in 1952, the "Il Miracolo" segment of the film was released in the United States as "The Miracle", it was the subject of a legal battle in which the Supreme Court ruled for the first time that motion pictures, like books and newspapers, were protected under the First Amendment to the Constitution.
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Version of Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988)
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Initially banned in the UK, only the section entitled THE MIRACLE was shown by special permission of the London County Council. Somehow people seem to persist in interpreting the story as a Second Coming narrative, whereas the character played by Anna Magnani only believes she is to bear a "special" child as a reward for her piety. There is not a shred of evidence to suggest she believes she is carrying the Christ-child. Dubbed by the Vatican as "a sacrilegious blasphemy", it is ironic that, as an atheist, the power and emotional intensity of this film brought me the closest I have ever been to what could perhaps be termed a transcendental experience. A masterpiece.