Shoeshine(Sciuscià)
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Italy · 1946
1h 27m
Director Vittorio De Sica
Starring Franco Interlenghi, Rinaldo Smordoni, Annielo Mele, Bruno Ortenzi
Genre Drama
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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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