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Shoeshine

Shoeshine

1946 · 87 min · IT · 7.9 (219 votes)
Dir. Vittorio De Sica · Starring Franco Interlenghi, Rinaldo Smordoni, Annielo Mele, Bruno Ortenzi, Emilio Cigoli, Gino Saltamerenda · Music Alessandro Cicognini
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At a track near Rome, shoeshine boys are watching horses run. Two of the boys Pasquale, an orphan, and Giuseppe, his younger friend are riding. The pair have been saving to buy a horse of their own to ride...

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A stark, unvarnished look at childhood resilience amidst post-war devastation. It's a deeply affecting, yet unsentimental, portrayal of young lives grappling with harsh realities and fleeting dreams in a broken world.

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fortune tellerromeitalyitalyblack marketjuvenile prisonorphanjuvenile delinquentpost world war iimilitary policeshoeshine boy
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