Film

Shoeshine 1946

Directed by Vittorio De Sica

  • Drama
  • 91 min

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.

Dramafortune tellerrome, italyitalyblack marketjuvenile prisonorphanjuvenile delinquentpost world war iimilitary policeshoeshine boy
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  • Bleak ending
  • Harm to children

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