Shoeshine

Year: 1946

Runtime: 91 mins

Language: Italian

Director: Vittorio De Sica

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At a racetrack just outside Rome, two young shoeshine boys, Pasquale, an orphan, and his younger friend Giuseppe, spend their days polishing shoes and watching the horses sprint by. Dreaming of owning a mount of their own, they painstakingly save their meager earnings in hopes of finally buying a horse to ride together.

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