Sciuscià (1946)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.4/10   

Director:

Vittorio De Sica

Escritores:

Sergio Amidei (writer)
Adolfo Franci (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

26 agosto 1947 (USA)

Género:

Drama

Plot:

At a track near Rome, shoeshine boys are watching horses run. Two of the boys Pasquale, an orphan, and Giuseppe...

Plot Keywords:

Boy | Horse | Fortune Teller | Prison | Trial

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins

Comentarios de los usuarios:

It's surprising that many haven't watched this movie yet.

Reparto

Franco Interlenghi	...	Pasquale Maggi
Rinaldo Smordoni	...	Giuseppe Filippucci
Annielo Mele	...	Raffaele
Bruno Ortenzi	...	Arcangeli
Emilio Cigoli	...	Staffera
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Pacifico Astrologo	...	Vittorio
Maria Campi	...	Palmist
Antonio Carlino	...	L'Abruzzese
Angelo D'Amico	...	Siciliano
Francesco De Nicola	...	Ciriola
Enrico De Silva	...	Giorgio
Leo Garavaglia	...	Inspector
Antonio Lo Nigro	...	Righetto
Anna Pedoni	...	Nannarella
Gino Saltamerenda	...	Il panza
Irene Smordoni	...	Giuseppe's mother
Peppino Spadaro	...	Lawyer Bonavino (as Giuseppe Spadaro)

También conocida como:

Sciuscià (ragazzi) (Italy) (alternative title)
Shoe Shine (International: English title) (alternative spelling)
Shoe-Shine (USA)
El limpiabotas (Spain) [es]
Lustrabotas (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

93 min

País:

Italy

Idioma:

Italiano | Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Photophone System)

Clasificación:

UK:12 (re-rating) (2006) | UK:A (original rating) | Portugal:M/12 | West Germany:16 | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 (1953)

Compañía:

Societa Cooperativa Alfa Cinematografica

Trivialidades:

The title is a Napulitan corruption of the English word "shoe-shiner."

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

It's surprising that many haven't watched this movie yet.

Honestly speaking I watch movies based on their ratings and IMDb is one site that I rely on (despite the fact that many good movies are underrated; anyway I suppose it is because movies are subjective) and if I find any movie rated 8 and above I would just die to watch them. One of that kind is Vittorio De Sica's The shoeshine and not just because it was rated 8 and above, but also for the movie being a European product.

Unlike American movies most of the European movies have close ends rather open ends which make them phenomenal. Now let me tell you why 'The shoeshine' is phenomenal. After having seen the movies Umberto D, Bicycle thief and The Shoeshine(the third movie of De Sica which I watched) it became evident to me that the narrative is spun around the characters (emphasising on the dimensions of the character)where there is a transformation of the character from being vibrant to becoming docile or vice-versa and the like. This can be encountered in all the three movies which I have stated above. Say it be the Father and the son in The Bicycle thief or the old man and the dog in Umberto D or the two boys in The shoeshine.

For movie buffs this movie is one gem to archive.