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A Balasaur Score of 85 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 93% of the 414 1940s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
279 audience votes
Key crew
- Vittorio De SicaDirector
- Sergio AmideiScreenplay
- Adolfo FranciScreenplay
- Cesare Giulio ViolaScreenplay
- Cesare ZavattiniScreenplay
- Alessandro CicogniniOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Franco InterlenghiPasquale Maggi
- Rinaldo SmordoniGiuseppe Filippucci
- Annielo MeleRaffaele
- Bruno OrtenziArcangeli
- Emilio CigoliStaffera
- Gino Saltamerendail Panza (uncredited)
- Peppino SpadaroL'avvocato Bonavino (uncredited)
- Antonio NicotraBartoli, l'assistente sociale (uncredited)
- Leo Garavagliail commissario (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
fortune tellerrome, italyitalyblack marketjuvenile prisonorphanjuvenile delinquentpost world war iimilitary policeshoeshine boy