Sciuscià
Vittorio De Sica
In the streets of Rome in the aftermath of World War II, Pasquale and Giuseppe have to struggle to survive, and not always on the right side of the law. They are arrested by the police after selling blankets on the black market and are sent to a juvenile detention centre. Their friendship is put to the test...
With : Rinaldo Smordoni, Franco Interlenghi, Emilio Cigoli, Gino Saltamerenda
Screenplay : Sergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci, Cesare Giulio, Viola Cesare Zavattini
Image : Anchise Brizzi
Sound : Tullio Parmeggiani
Editing : Nicolò Lazzari
Decors : Ivo Battelli
Music : Alessandro Cicognini
Screenplay : Sergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci, Cesare Giulio, Viola Cesare Zavattini
Image : Anchise Brizzi
Sound : Tullio Parmeggiani
Editing : Nicolò Lazzari
Decors : Ivo Battelli
Music : Alessandro Cicognini
Production : Paolo W. Tamburella
Distribution: Films Sans Frontières
Distribution: Films Sans Frontières
The first in a flagship neorealist trilogy completed by Ladri di biciclette (The Vicycle Thief) and Miraccolo a Milano (Miracle in Milan), this film looks at the theme of children surviving in post-war Italy. "Through the issue of abandoned and wayward children, the finger of accusation is pointed at the very foundations of a system for livings" (Calo Lizzani). De Sica draws a realistic, and critical, portrait of the situation in Italy where muddling through is the order of the day. "Against the broken backdrop of an Italy in ruins, De Sica reveals himself to be a poet of childhood. Sciuscià (Shoeshine) is a cry, the would be magic formula whereby abandoned war children, who have become shoeshine boys, try to stop the great, rich, passing American soldier" (L'Humanité).