Shoeshine
Summary:
Vittorio DeSica's Shoeshine (Sciuscia) is a must-see example of Italian neorealist cinema, ranking with such other neorealist classics as DeSica's Bicycle Thieves (1948) and Umberto D. (1952) and Roberto Rossellini's Rome, Open City (1945). Using nonprofessional actors, DeSica and co-screenwriter Cesare Zavattini, also one of neorealism's leading figures, pa... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Pacifico Astrologo - (Vittorio)
Franco Interlenghi - (Pasquale)
Antonio Carlino - (L'Abruzzese)
Bruno Ortensi - (Arcangeli)
Aniello Mele - (Raffaele)
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Review:
Co-written by leading Italian neo-realist screenwriter and theorist Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica's Sciuscià (1946) examines the impact of post-Fascist social decay on poverty-stricken children. Bookended by images of a horse that symbolizes Giuseppe's and Pasquale's dreams of innocent fun, Sciuscià captures the hope and despair of... Continue >>
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