"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.
In 2006, as World Cup fever sweeps Italy, high school senior Luca falls hard for dolphin trainer Azzurra and stumbles on a family secret -- right before his exams.
Looks back at the Sciuscià, its success abroad, its influence on later filmmakers, its Oscar win, and the social conditions at the time of its production.
Actors Franco Interlenghi and Rinaldo Smordoni (who played Pasquale and Giuseppe respectively) recall how they landed the roles in the film Shoeshine and their experiences as young actors in post-war Rome.
A famous collector dies suddenly in Florence in strange circumstances. His wife, the only heir of an immense wealth, has a unpleasant surprise: the husband, a few days before his death, had spent 20 million dollars to buy a building in the heart of the Tuscan city. Why didn't he say anything to anybody?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Franco Interlenghi (born 29 October 1931 at Rome) was an Italian actor. He made his acting debut at 15 in Vittorio De Sica's Neorealist film Sciuscià. He worked with great directors such as Federico Fellini in I Vitelloni, Michelangelo Antonioni in I Vinti and Luchino Visconti in his stage adaptation of Death of a Salesman. He was maarried to Antonella Lualdi and had a daughter, Antonellina Interlenghi, who is an actress as well. Description above from the Wikipedia article Franco Interlenghi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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