More Than a Miracle
More Than a Miracle is a 1967 film also titled Cinderella Italian Style and Happily Ever After. It stars Sophia Loren, Omar Sharif and Dolores del Río. The movie has a fairy tale narrative. Filmed in the countryside outside Naples, Francesco Rosi directed and Carlo Ponti produced. The theme music was a hit for Roger Williams, reaching #2 on Billboard's survey. Sergio Franchi recorded the title song (written by Kusik; Snyder; Piccioni) on his 1968 RCA Victor album, I'm a Fool To Want You.
Plot
The film recounts the misadventures of a beautiful and temperamental village girl Isabella (Sophia Loren) and an ill-tempered Spanish prince, Rodrigo (Omar Sharif). The prince is a risk taker, avoiding his parents' wishes for him to marry. The movie starts with the prince trying to tame a wild horse in the courtyard, while his mother the queen, asks when he will do as his father wishes and marry? There are 7 princesses waiting to dine with him, for him to choose from, but the prince isn’t interested and tells his mother as much, as he rides off leaving the palace.
More details
| author | Francesco Rosi Giuseppe Patroni Griffi Raffaele La Capria Tonino Guerra |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Naples |
| director | Francesco Rosi |
| editor | Jolanda Benvenuti |
| genre | comedy fantasy |
| keywords | bury cook dumpling fly gather hide kill king of spain laugh move movie star old woman remember rid seven days shallow grave the king to remember tree branch wait wild horse |
| musicBy | Piero Piccioni |
| producer | Carlo Ponti |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| recordedAt | Basilicata |
| theme | romantic comedy |