Shoeshine

Name: Shoeshine
Genre: Drama
Released: 1946-04-27
Duration: 91 min
Cast: Annielo Mele, Bruno Ortenzi, Emilio Cigoli, Gino Saltamerenda, Franco Interlenghi

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Release Date

4/27/1946

Runtime

91 mins

Genres

Drama

Overview

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...

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Budget

Revenue

$17,480

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A devastating portrait of two orphaned boys in post-war Rome whose dreams of a better life are systematically crushed by a system indifferent to their suffering. Watching it is like witnessing the slow erosion of childhood innocence.