Miracle of Marcelino (1955)

Original title

Marcelino pan y vino

Directed by

Ladislao Vajda

Genre

drama film, comedy film, children's film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 292 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young orphan boy is raised by a group of monks in a small Spanish village. He befriends a figure of Christ in a nearby cave, which leads to a gentle and emotional encounter.

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What happens

Miracle of Marcelino (Spanish: Marcelino, pan y vino, "Marcelino, bread and wine") is a 1955 Spanish film written by José Maria Sanchez-Silva, based on his novel, and directed by Ladislao Vajda. It stars Rafael Rivelles, and Juan Calvo (who also starred together as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza in the 1947 Spanish film version of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote) with the young child star Pablito Calvo (no relation to Juan) as Marcelino. The musical score and theme song – sung in full during the action, rather than at the start of the film – are by Pablo Sorozábal. The story, revised and modernised in both the book and film, is often claimed to date back to a medieval legend, one of many gathered together in a volume by Alfonso el Sabio. The film was a critical and commercial success, and other countries have produced versions of it. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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