Shoeshine 4K 1946

Rome, 1944. Giuseppe and Pasquale, two young boys who work as shoe shiners (known as “shushas” due to the phonetic similarity to the English word “shoeshine”), dream of buying a horse named Bersalere and engage in various schemes to achieve this goal. They sell stolen American blankets to a clairvoyant and, without knowing it, participate in a scheme set up by three older boys (including Giuseppe's younger brother) to rob a client. Giuseppe and Pasquale buy their beloved horse, but they are arrested and sent to a correctional facility. It is a real prison with cells and lice, where many children await trial...