Shoeshine Comments

  • Hank 2022-12-07 08:57:07

    Desica's movies are just so good, every character is very...

  • Major 2022-12-05 02:51:56

    Well, for the new year, I saw Desica's shoe shine...

  • Violette 2022-12-04 07:29:38

    8.2/10 The children's perspective is the most distressing, but it is weak in terms of criticism and sensationalism, but it is still...

  • Kara 2022-11-28 01:46:32

    Reminds me of many stories from the past, when I was in elementary school. Humans are not good at the beginning, some people are naturally kind, and some people are inherently bad. This is how society is. It needs people of all types and colors to exist. It doesn’t change because of your preferences. Without you, the earth turns and the sun shines. Get up,,,, take big strides,...

  • Gudrun 2022-11-23 07:32:41

    The cruel society forces us to the abyss where we cannot go back. The older kids acted really well. Regardless of the technical aspect, it is really a star-filled...

  • Haley 2022-11-19 14:43:40

    Desica may not be a genius, but he is the most diligent engineer. Start with a horse and end with a horse. What made these two originally kind and always kind children have such an ending? The principal in it is the father in "The Children Are Watching Us". I couldn't help but shudder as shoe-shining children marched through the courtroom's majestic courtyard. Italian Neorealism. good...

  • Dawn 2022-10-21 13:50:21

    I think this is many times better than The Bicycle Stealer. If the Bicycle Stealer were to be a Chinese movie, it would definitely be said to be a mystery. This one has more drama, more details, prominent characters, and better Italian culture. be...

  • Marguerite 2022-10-14 05:02:39

    When the children start to spoil, the adults are absolutely...

  • Felix 2022-10-11 21:22:52

    The language is clear and crisp. The state play of the young lead actor is very touching, and the driving ability of the old German can be...

  • Eunice 2022-10-10 16:43:54

    There are a lot of things that I want to express, although it is relatively rigid to put together, it is a characteristic of neorealism. It's annoying that the soundtrack is a bit like a children's...

Extended Reading

Shoeshine quotes

  • Giuseppe Filippucci: Whoever invented the elevator is a genius.

    Pasquale Maggi: Tell me about it. I slept in one for three months.

  • Pasquale Maggi: [as the film projector is being set up in the boys' prison] In here they feed us, they shelter us, they give us clothes, and they even entertain us. What else could we want? This is paradise!

Shoeshine

Director: Vittorio De Sica

Language: Italian,English Release date: August 26, 1947