original title:
Sciuscià 70
directed by:
cast:
Rinaldo Smordoni, Emi De Sica; Orio Caldiron, Paolo W. Tamburella, Marco Tamburella, Franco Interlenghi
cinematography:
editing:
music:
production:
country:
Italy
year:
2016
film run:
60'
format:
colour
status:
Ready (19/09/2016)
festivals & awards:
“Shoeshine 70” is a documentary directed by Mimmo Verdesca that celebrates an important anniversary. This years marks the 70th anniversary of the release of the film helmed by Vittorio De Sica “Shoeshine”, a masterpiece of Neorealism, and the first Italian film ever to win an Oscar and the first recipient of a Nastro d’argento, a prizeigiven by Italian journalists. The film will revolve around the filming of that masterpiece in the 1946. Therefore it will be a report of those events but a film where memories will come to life thanks to the candid stories of the protagonists, that will take the spectator on an emotional and enticing journey.