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SHOESHINE

by Vittorio De Sica

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.

international title: Shoe Shine
original title: Sciuscià
country: Italy
year: 1946
genre: fiction
directed by: Vittorio De Sica
film run: 87'
release date: IT 27/04/1946, FR 26/02/1947, CH 08/1947, NL 26/09/1947, SE 26/11/1947, DK 29/04/1949, DE 25/01/1952, ES 12/04/1952, AT 29/08/1952, DD 06/07/1956, FI 29/11/1957, PT 11/10/2005, GR 15/10/2015
screenplay: Sergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci, Cesare Giulio Viola, Cesare Zavattini
cast: Franco Interlenghi, Rinaldo Smordoni, Annielo Mele, Emilio Cigoli
cinematography by: Anchise Brizzi
art director: Ivo Battelli
music: Alessandro Cicognini

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