Italy
Feature Film
Original Title: Sciuscià
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Writers: Sergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci, C.G. Viola, Cesare Zavattini
Cinematographer: Anchise Brizzi
Composer: Alessandro Cicognini
Cast: Franco Interlenghi, Rinaldo Smordoni, Annielo Mele, Bruno Ortenzi, Emilio Cigoli
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De Sica’s moving examination of the effects of post-war privation on the children of Rome – focussing on two young friends that work as shoeshine boys, who are tricked into becoming accessories to burglary, and end up in a juvenile prison – is a passionate and heartfelt if perhaps occasionally slightly manipulative work, which tugs gently at the heartstrings. Iain.Stott
