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Shoeshine (1946)

★ 7.8/10 91 min Drama Italy Italian
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Story by: Sergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci, Cesare Giulio Viola, Cesare Zavattini
Screenplay by: Sergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci, Cesare Giulio Viola, Cesare Zavattini
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Description

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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Top Cast

Franco Interlenghi
Franco Interlenghi Pasquale Maggi
Rinaldo Smordoni Giuseppe Filippucci
Annielo Mele Raffaele
Bruno Ortenzi Arcangeli
Emilio Cigoli
Emilio Cigoli Staffera
Gino Saltamerenda
Gino Saltamerenda il Panza (uncredited)
Peppino Spadaro L'avvocato Bonavino (uncredited)
Antonio Nicotra Bartoli, l'assistente sociale (uncredited)

Shoeshine Appears on 4 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #1265
National Board Of Review's Yearly Top 10
National Board of Review #789

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1940-1949 Films
Letterboxd #34

Movements

Italian Neorealism
British Film Institute #05

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