Shoeshine


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Shoeshine
Running Time: 90 min.
Produced By: / Paolo W. Tamburella
Released: April 27, 1946 (Italy)
Release By: Enic Lopert Films

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 non... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew:
Pacifico Astrologo (Vittorio)
Franco Interlenghi (Pasquale)
Bruno Ortensi (Arcangeli)
Antonio Carlino (L'Abruzzese)
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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 Giu ... Continue >>

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