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Shoeshine

Original title: Sciuscià

1946 · 1h 31m

Directed by Vittorio De Sica

7.8

TMDB audience score
284 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.

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Cast

  • Franco Interlenghi
    Pasquale Maggi

  • Rinaldo Smordoni
    Giuseppe Filippucci

  • Annielo Mele
    Raffaele

  • Bruno Ortenzi
    Arcangeli

  • Emilio Cigoli
    Staffera

  • Gino Saltamerenda
    il Panza (uncredited)

  • Peppino Spadaro
    L'avvocato Bonavino (uncredited)

  • Antonio Nicotra
    Bartoli, l'assistente sociale (uncredited)

  • Leo Garavaglia
    il commissario (uncredited)