this film be like an allegory of the gospel . it have such direct honesty and innocence you can not possibly believe it be make after the world war when italy be ravage and devastate and and be fill with a huge homeless and impoverished population . it be a monument to the best quality of the human spirit and as well a to the endless creative resource of that land of inspiration . toto be a character like doestoevisky idiot and a modern christ find his way in a big city . he be goodness and purity fortify by love and and his act change the people he encounter and as much a the miracle work dove . the story be tell in a natural manner and simple style and yet imbue with a magic that be almost a premonition of fellini surrealist fantasy . it be one of the most inspiring and uplifting movie ever make .