"SHOE SHINE" "Bersagliere is a great horse." "As soon as I said, "Go, Bersagliere!", He started off like a rocket." "Even in Africa there is not another one like that." "Not even in America!" "Who knows how much they feed horses over there!" "I told you not to leave the horse when you come down." "Without kidding, is the proposal still good?" "50 or nothing." "But 50 bills are 50 bills." "What are they?" "Only paper!" "He thinks since we're shoeshine boys we make money by the bundle." "Is it really expensive to have a horse?" "At least 300 lire a day." "Goodness, Bersagliere, how expensive you are!" "It's OK, but we're a little short." "Can we pay next week?" "It's OK with me." "Until the horse is ours, he can rent it out to anybody he wishes." " How much do we have?" " I'm not sure. 32, 35." "You don't know?" "I told you to be accurate!" "You're right, but this morning I made a lot of payments." "33.500." "Plus 7.500 from the guy of Genoa." "And the 3.700 from the porter's lodge." "We are short of 5.800 Lire." "Marsieri, did the stuff arrive?" "The only thing he can say is "Tomorrow, tomorrow!"." "And in the meantime, he gets his shoes shined." "When you bring?" "Tomorrow." "To you and your mother!" " Pasquale, you buy these glasses?" " You're giving me a headache." "You can't hide them or cover them up." "Forget it, someone else will buy them." "Why are you laughing all by yourself?" "I'm thinking that he eats more than we do!" "The horse..." "Right, Shoeshine Joe?" "I've been thinking about taking him by the one at Port San Sebastian." "He will starve to death !" "After work, we go and have him fed in front of us." "So, only once a day?" "I didn't think about that." "I'll sleep in the stable." " And me?" " What about your house?" "No one will cry if I free up the space." "We'll see!" "For the moment let's worry about making money." "On the last curve, Pasquale told him "Go, Bersagliere!", and he started off like a..." " A snell?" " Get lost!" "Don't sell it." "Eat it." "Do I look stupid?" "Thank you." "What's killing us is that we aren't organized." "The guards took all the sausages from me." "Where is Giuseppe?" "I need to talk with him." "Your mother needs 300 Lire." " I gave her 500 this morning !" " She said she needs it." " Can I give her?" " Of course!" "Money has Lost its value." "Nowadays we don't have anything with 300 Lire." "Lucky you, you don't have anybody." "Nonsense." "If I still had my parents, I would gladly give them a million a day!" " Don't you Like it at our place?" " I do." "Who says I don't?" "Well, Let's go now!" "You don't sleep in the elevator anymore?" "No, the landlord found out." "Now I sleep with Giuseppe at Quaranta Alighieri." "A real slum !" "The other day I took him to the hotel, he gave me a Lot of chocolate." "I should have come too." "I know, but they don't let women inside." "Where is Pasquale?" "Working in front of Fori Imperiali." " Who's he?" " Attilio, my big brother." "He must be rich." "Yes, he manages." "Could you come home with me?" "I can't Leave Pasquale alone." "If I do, he doesn't do anything." "So, goodbye." "See you tonight." "I understood." "I hope it's serious." "I can't waste time." " Where have you been?" " With Annarella." "I walked her across the street, with all these cars..." "Balls!" "Watch it!" "You're shining his pants!" "What did my brother tell you?" "He said that Panza is waiting for me at 1 :00." "It's 1 :30, you know." "We had to eat." " Who is he?" " My partner." "Well, now, you even got a partner." "There is some business for you, two American blankets." "Go to number 48 in Via Babuino, fourth floor." "You'll find a lady there." "And she buys the blankets." "At what price?" " Why do you want to know?" " I'm his partner!" "Try to get the most out of it." "It will be 3.400, 3.500 maximum." "10%... 300..." " Be there at 3:00 sharp." " Don't worry." "Whoever invented elevators was a great man." "Don't tell me." "I slept in one for three months." "Madam..." "What do you want?" "We have two American blankets." "I'm not interested." " How much?" " 3.500 Lire." "Too much." " 3.000." " Let's have a Look." "They are used." "You can make an overcoat with them." " And an American will stop me!" " Not with your face!" " They are OK for you." " How much?" "Shut up!" "2.500." " You want them for free." " No but no more than 2.500." "Listen Lady, 2.800 and that's it." " Why did you sell?" " We won't make more than 500 anyway." "Leave these cards alone." "Where did you learn your manners?" "Look what you've done!" "A train, a postman..." " What are they for?" " To tell the future." "Tell us what's going to happen to us tomorrow." "If you tell we'll bring you a bottle of milk." "You're only two kids." " So kids don't have any future?" " For sure." "Then tell us, please Madam !" "What's your names?" "In the home, outside, what awaits you, and what doesn't, the one who loves you, the one who does not..." "There's an old Lady that thinks about you." " My mother, she's not old." " If you don't stop I don't continue." "She's a little sad because of a letter but everything will be fine." " Outside a gentleman protects you." " Vanucci!" "He's no gentleman, he takes care of horses." "The doorbell." "It's a customer." "Wait a moment." "Police." "We have a search warrant." "I don't understand, I've got my license..." "I'm sorry, Madam, we're following orders." "We have been informed that you buy stolen goods." "That's not true, I swear." "Here they are!" "Take them away." " What is it all about?" " You sold the blankets." "Keep the money and go." "But why..." "Don't be stupid and go." "Here is 3.000 Lire." "You didn't see anything." " What do we know?" " Who knows." "3.000, plus 2.800 for the blankets..." "It makes 5.800." "Did you understand..." "We didn't see anything." "We don't know anything." "Come on, Let's go." "We can go buy our horse!" "Good morning, Bersagliere." "He's cleaned up almost everything." "Look his belly." "It looks like a drum." "He ate everything." "He stuffed himself." "So, boys, what did you decide?" "The horse stays here." "We" I come every day to take care of him." " Give him a bath?" " A bath?" "Do you wash yourself in the morning?" "OK, we are going to do it right away!" "There they are!" "These are the two kids!" "We arrested the two kids from the burglary of Via Babuino." "What burglary?" "At the fortune-teller's home." "Bring them in." "Call Rosito too." "Better Let it boil a Little longer than a Little less." "Haste has caused the most serious damage." "There they are, chief." "It's them !" "Make them confess." "They know everything !" "Calm down, Lady." "It's not 700.000 Lire that have been stolen from you !" "I'd Like to have that much." "So why did you go to her house yesterday?" "To buy empty bottles." " You wanted to sell me blankets!" " And you bought them !" "Put it in the record:" "two American blankets..." "Now I will go to jail!" "So, Mrs. Lucia Anselmi bought two American blankets." "Where did you steal them?" "Kids, Look at me." "Excuse me." "Where did you steal them?" "We didn't." "An American friend gave them to us." "His name?" "Joe." " And the name of the fat one?" " Which fat one?" "The one by the fortune-teller's yesterday." "We don't know him." "I can send you to jail for one month with only bread and water for food." " Don't listen, he's kidding." " I'm kidding?" "One month Like that, we'd die." " Are you going to tell me the truth?" " We already did!" "Rosito, lock them up, we'll see later." "I have charges against you also, Madam." "I'm an honest woman, ask your wife, she's a good customer of mine." "What a surprise!" "My wife has a brain for this!" "Go away, now, go away!" "I work and she goes to the fortune-teller's." "What are we going to do with the two kids?" "Send them to jail, as juveniles, tomorrow morning." "Is this the home for the refugees?" "Filipucci Family?" "Second floor, 3 C." "Amalia, somebody for you." "Can I see your husband?" " Why?" " It's for business." "This Lady is here for you." "Your son is waiting outside." "He wants to speak with you." "Dad, they arrested Giuseppe." "Don't get involved." "No, it would mean too much trouble for me." "First the ones for the jail, then the kids." "Let's go, come on." "This way." "Your family has been informed." "Librazzi Angelo." "But it's been three months..." "If they come, they write, and I tell you about it." "I brought some new guests." "You certainly keep us busy." "At this rate, they'll have to sleep in the courtyard!" "Illegal sale of stolen goods, accessory to burglary." "Take care of these two." "Come here." "Your name?" "Maggi Pasquale." " Your father?" " Dead." " His name?" " Luigi." " Your mother?" " Maria Fabris." " Alive?" " No." " Date of birth?" " In Rome, October 29, 1931 ." "Living at?" "Via Lombardia, 30." "Who's place?" "Nobody." "I sleep in the elevator." "No home." "Put your hand here and push hard." " 3 times 4?" " 12." " 4 times 4?" " 16." " 8 times 8?" " 62." "64, ignorant!" " The director." " Turn around." "I heard." "My condolences." " How old was he?" " Ten." "Your only child?" "No I've got four more." "But he was the cutest." "Well, be strong." "Good morning, Bartoli." "What are you doing here?" "We're fighting against the bugs." "A pesticide I invented myself." "Good." " We should spray the entire place." " We" I do it, Bartoli, we'll do it..." "The boys are complaining." "They're always complaining !" "Newcomers?" "There are always some of those!" "Come on, get up." "Stand at attention." "Accused of armed robbery." " Confessed." " Alone?" "No." "With four adults." "I have a younger sister and two younger brothers." "My father is a prisoner of war in Germany." "We were hungry." "Armed robbery." "Soon he'll start complaining too!" "Come forward, boys." "To be held pending police investigation." "Send them to the first section after the medical exam." "This morning we had a delegation of parents." "What did they want?" "Go on strike?" "No, but their boys have been jailed for months, waiting for the trial." "Whose fault is that?" "Read the statistics: compared with 1936," "But they're only boys..." "Boys!" "Armed robbery, burglary, pick pocketing..." "What's the punishing?" "Dinner without dessert?" "If there were some!" "This is a jail, not a day care." "As long as you think this way you'll remain an assistant!" "Not too bad." "Afterwards, we have steaks." "I want something not too heavy for my stomach." "Fried sweetbread and zucchini." "Me too!" "For me some giblets." "What about Attilio?" "He didn't want to come." "He was afraid." "They didn't talk." "I always said that those two are good guys!" "I changed my mind." "Bring us steaks and make them thick." "Tomorrow we'll send them a package of goods." "When the boys are inside they have to feel good." "Otherwise they'll have bad memories and become useless." "The trams are still running." "It can't be too late." "Are you hungry?" "You think my father knows?" "Of course he knows." "These must be lice." "They sting." "They're bugs." "If you say so..." "They'll Let us go in a couple of days." "They can't keep us here." "We've done nothing." " Well, Panza..." " Don't say it." "You have to forget this name, understand?" "And the blankets?" "Not our problem." "I'm sure." "They are Lice, they sting." "It's all my brother's fault." "I know." "But we have to play dumb." "When we get out, we'll reckon !" "You think they'll feed him?" "Sure." "Maybe not too much, but in a few days..." "Did you tell Annabella about the horse?" "How could I?" "I didn't see her." "We can't tell anybody, otherwise they'll take him." "I can't wait to see him again !" "Don't tell me!" "This horse is sick again." "He needs some rest." "Give him some oats and treat him with vinegar compress." "Just the day I have a funeral!" "Why don't you take the boy's horse?" "Breathe..." "Harder!" "Get dressed." "Here's a ticket for the soup." "I want the one for the bread!" "The soup is so bad..." "Don't exaggerate." "Always complaining !" "The food is better than at home." "Oh no!" "I was eating well." "Calmar's, big fish, fish soup..." "It was good!" "Go and I'll take care of your bread." "The soup is so bad." " How's the Neapolitan?" " He's getting worse." "How would he get better here?" "He should have been moved to the hospital a month ago." "But it's already full." " So?" " We're sending him home." "But he's a vagrant." "Better vagrant than dead." "Let him go!" "If it were up to me..." "Then you must be patient." "Undress." "I will see the others tomorrow." "Which one is Maggi Pasquale?" "Have you been sick ?" "Chicken pox, measles, whooping cough." "And you?" "My mother says I have tapeworm." "In here you'll get rid of it." "Parents" statement?" "They didn't come." "As usual." " Section 1 ?" " Of course." "How many are you?" "Four, but Napoli is sick." "You have to be five, Like everybody else!" "What is it all about?" "A guard knocked a new inmate." "The walk is suspended until further notice." "The director will hold you responsible for this." "The walk is suspended until further notice." "Yes, until further notice!" "Open the shutters." "As soon as I get out of this shithouse," "I beat him." "And how are you going to do that?" " Your name?" " Filipucci Giuseppe." "Why are you here?" "I don't know." "You can tell us, we're not spying on you." "I don't know anything." "You're crazy!" "That's Arcangeli's place." "If he sees you here, trouble for you !" "Where do I go?" "Go over there." "Did they take your fingerprints?" " How many fingers?" " Four." "Stupid!" "Silly boy!" " Fool!" " Idiot!" " What did I do wrong?" " Four fingers, four years here." "Four years!" "You'll rust in here!" "Listen to what we tell you." "You have to stay cool." " That's how you deal with the masters." " Who are they?" "The guards." "But why?" "Maybe because they "Know-oll"." ""Know-all", ignorant!" "Excuse me, professor." "They are masters on how to steal cigarettes." "Smoking?" "It's forbidden, so we all smoke." "Except him, because of his lung disease." "I will get cured in the hospital when I Leave here." "Time to eat!" "Finally!" "I'm starving." "You have to starve to eat the food they give us." "Bring it over." " Giuseppe is not here." " Not his shift." "He'll eat Later." "Stay in the line." "Shut up." "He's a bastard!" "He spies on you." "We can't eat that!" "At first it looks difficult, but if you don't want to die you have to." "What garbage!" "Did you finish?" "Yes, I'm done." "You've got to try harder, even if you don't Like it, understand?" "Of course I understand." "You don't want it?" "My goodness, what a stomach you have!" "He had the stomach to shoot his dad!" "Sit down, don't be stupid." "Vancetti!" "Filipucci!" "Moriconi!" "Where is he going?" "It's forbidden." "Why?" "He's my friend." "Into your cell if you don't want your package confiscated!" "If only we could get rid of him!" "One of these days, I'm going to destroy him." "You have to stay cool." "No." "I'm not going to take it." "So you're going to get into trouble." "In the meantime, I'm dying to eat." "Stay Like this..." "You'll lose your appetite." "Help yourselves, there is so much." "The guard took four pears and an egg." "How disgusting !" "There is a note inside." ""The heart tells me:" "Shut up, don't talk."" " You understand now?" " No." "They are telling you to shut up." "Now I understand!" "About time!" "I wouldn't have said anything anyway." "I Like you." "We" I become friends." "Who gave those to you?" "Santa Claus." "What a thief!" "Only three." "Bastard!" "Worthless thief!" "Louse!" "Take off his shirt." "Do you want to speak?" "Have you made up your mind?" "We don't know anything, I swear." "Enough !" "I'll tell you." "One is called Panza." "The other is Giuseppe's brother." "And the third I don't know, I swear." "Take him to his cell." "Did they hurt you?" "No." "What about you?" "No." "Didn't they use the belt on you?" "Are you kidding?" "You didn't say anything, did you?" "No, of course not." "I told you not to come here!" "You should see your face." "It's my face." "If you don't Like it... don't Look at it." "I'm going alone, Mom would be embarrassed." " Do you have a visitor?" " No, nobody." "Then, what are you doing here?" "Take him." "I'm busy." "You watch him." "Where is my mother?" "It's not my mother!" "His mother sent me." "Where is she?" "In Florence." "But she'll come soon." "It's a package with a Lot of stuff in it." "Goodbye." "Take care my boy." "Do you forgive me, Mama?" "How could you do something Like this?" "We didn't know anything, Mama..." "He's a criminal, I know!" "He's wretched!" "But he is your brother." "Why did you betray him?" "What are you saying?" "Don't pretend." "The police chief told me it was you two that talked." "Take some!" "Don't touch that." "It's his stuff!" "He's sick he needs it!" "Spy!" "Spy!" "Spy!" "What happened?" "You should be ashamed!" "We give you a Little freedom and you take advantage of it." " He's a spy." " That's not true!" "I don't want to pay because of you." "Behave!" "I don't want to get rusty in here because of you." "I need to speak with you." " What do you want?" " None of your business." "Who says so?" "You get off easier because you're sick, but watch what you say." "You don't want to speak with me?" "If you're bringing a message from that spy, you'd better save your breath." "You gave him a good answer." "Go, Giuseppe, now is the time." " If you don't, you're a coward." " Of course he's going !" "Mr. Staffera, in cell number 9, they have a file." "They're hiding a file." "Maybe if I'd spoken to him I'd have convinced him." "You're smart, but that was wrong." "I don't understand, you were such good friends." "Me, I still Like him." "But if he..." "Whose file is this?" " Whose file is this?" " Who knows?" "I swear by the Mother of Christ!" " Whose file is this?" " Never saw it before." " Whose file is this?" " I don't know!" " Who does it belong to?" " I swear on my honor..." "Who sleeps here?" " I do." " It was found in your mattress." "It can't be!" "Then, I'm a liar, is that it?" "No, I mean it's not mine." "Then you're accusing your mates of putting it in there?" "I'm not accusing anybody." "What were you gonna do?" "Nothing." "Nobody gave it to me!" "It's not mine!" "Out!" "All of you !" "Lock them in !" "Don't you remember you sent your brother to jail?" "Everybody will know it was you who spied on Staffera." " Dry your tears, baby!" " Stop it!" " Are you feeling sick?" " I'm burning all over." "My father has a very helpful ointment." "I'd Like to know who put the file there." "When I find out, I'll smash his head, I swear to God!" "Even if I end up at Regina Cieli." "Come on, Pasquale, they all think you spied, so you have to understand." "But it's not true!" "What's his story?" "Did he spy or not?" "You could have told me." "Raffaele himself didn't believe me at first." "Imagine the others!" "Now, I don't care if they believe me or not." "I want to know who put the file in the mattress." "Just forget about it." "It's over." "Over?" "Well, I mean..." "I'll talk to Giuseppe." "You have to make peace." "I'll get him to make peace." "It's impossible to sleep in here." "Stop all that!" "I spoke with him." "Come." " He's the one that has to come to me." " My goodness, what a pair you are!" "He says you have to come, you say he has to come." "Let's compromise." "Just meet halfway, okay?" "Okay, halfway." " Did you go to the doctor?" " No." " Does it hurt?" " Yes, but it'll go away." "Did you make up your mind?" "Damn it!" "You're making such a fuss!" "Did you tell him who put the file in the mattress?" "dangerous to himself and others:" "We recommend isolation:" " I want to go to the bathroom." " Just use what's in there." "But then..." "I don't care." "I'm not the one staying in there." " You call that a horse?" " What do you know?" "I don't Like horses, they're too slow!" "You don't know Bersagliere!" "He flies!" " Who?" " Never mind." "You don't know him." " Someone give me a cigarette." " And how do we get them?" "I went to the infirmary." "We can see." "Idiots!" "I mean I've got everything ready to escape..." "But I'm the idiot, wasting my time talking to you guys." "With you I'll never be able to put anything together." "Why?" "We're ready." "Shut up!" "I won't say anything in front you !" " What did I do?" " You ganged up with Pasquale." "Yes, it's true." "No, it isn't true." "So, when entering the infirmary..." "Damn this one!" "So, the fence is fastened to the wall with an iron bar." "I've got everything ready." "I cut through a lot of bolt." "You just need to shake it to break it open." "So we can reach the roof below." "We can make it." "You have a visitor." "Come here." "We have a Lot to discuss." "I'm the lawyer hired by your family to defend you and your brother..." "Attilio." "And your name is Giuseppe?" "Your friend is Pasquale Maggi?" "And his family?" "He has no family." "It's better that way." "We'll plead your irresponsibility." "You have to say it was Maggi that lured you into this." "Into what?" "You have to say you knew nothing." "Only your friend was aware of everything." "It's not true!" "It was my brother who arranged everything." "Repeat that in court and your brother is in for five years." "But it's the truth !" "Save the truth for your confessor." "This horse couldn't have been bought with hard-earned money." "It was money from illegal activities." "Where is the horse now?" "Don't answer!" "If I didn't know you, I would think that in your vocabulary "horse" is synonymous with "lawyer's fee."" "You must be joking !" "Bring in Maggi." "I bring to the attention of the court that Maggi has been characterized as violent." "When did you buy that horse?" "Your Honor, why is the horse so important?" "I'll tell you why." "Who are you defending?" "Maggi or the Filipuccis?" "The Filipuccis." "I've been hired by the family." "Who is that?" "Who knows?" "Maybe the Queen Marguerite." "Where are you going?" "You can't go through." "A Roman emperor" " I can't remember his name - called his horse Senator." "Waw!" "He speaks well!" "Why be surprised if two poor boys, living in the streets, put all their money," "all their hopes on a horse?" "I've seen him." " What is he saying?" " He's talking about the horse." " Did you ever ride a horse?" " No." "I'd Like to try." " Can't you keep quiet?" " Who's talking?" "You don't need to be a doctor in psychology to understand the influence Maggi had on his friend, the Little innocent Giuseppe." "Just Look at him !" "Who wouldn't want him as a son?" "I'm not accusing Maggi, that's the district attorney's job." "We've got to be brave." "My poor sons." "Shouldn't we go inside?" "Why do we have to drag them out of their houses?" "We live hard times." "If they should be considered Like criminals, then, ladies and gentlemen, you must condemn all of us, because we abandon the children on their own." "And our children are alone." "All alone." "Mr. Cadore, your turn." "I'll be brief, as is my custom." "And I didn't have the time to delve into the details of this case." "Therefore, I will entrust my client to the fatherly clemency of the court, and I ask for a complete acquittal or a very light sentence." "Very... very light." "In addition, I sentence the young Maggi Pasquale to two years and six months in prison and a 2.000 Lire fine, and Filipucci G. to one year in prison and a 1 .000" "Lire fine." "Giuse, the judges are all rascals!" "There you are!" "They didn't put you in front of the firing squad!" "So how did it go?" "One year." "I don't care..." "And Riccardo?" "He's meeting his mother." "To get money." "Then you're still okay?" "Of course!" "This morning we went to the infirmary." "Everything is in place." "I wish I could see the district attorney when he finds out I've escaped!" "What about Pasquale?" "Two years." "And why?" "That stupid woman didn't come." "She sent my sister." "Are we still escaping tonight?" "Without money?" "They gave me one year!" "I don't want to stay here." "I want to get out!" "Shut up, you idiot!" "Without money, there is no breaking out." "That's why I asked my mother but she told my father." "And now he wants to talk to the director." "He wants me in isolation." "He wants me to pay." "Damn him !" "He says I'm the disgrace of the family." "I've got money." "Where?" "I've got it!" "How much?" "Over 50.000 Lire." "What are you showing tonight?" "Are we going to see naked women?" "Comedy would be better!" "They're going to show a movie." "Big deal!" "Last time they showed a silly cartoon," "Like we were in kindergarten." "But I Like it." "I've never been to the movies." "So we have to come to jail for that!" "We're so lucky!" "They feed us, shelter us, give us clothes, they even entertain us." "What else could you want?" "It's Like paradise." "NEWS FROM THE FREE WORLD" "THE WORLD AT WAR" "continues the successful campaign against the Japanese:" "Bougainville is the target of a strong offensive carried out by the navy and air and ground forces:" "Pasque, the ocean !" "The American forces are on land one step closer to Japan itself:" "Open the window." "Light!" "Light, please." "Children!" "What are you doing here?" "Damned, they've seen us!" "They locked themselves inside." " How many are they?" " I've seen two." "Stay calm!" "There is no danger." "Come back here!" "Consider the consequences!" "Five or six trying to escape." "Sound the alarm, surround the building!" " Arcangelo has escaped." " Who?" "Arcangelo, Giuseppe and five others." " And the Neapolitan is dead." " Dead?" "They caught them !" "Idiot, they had a car waiting." "They even had a horse!" "What horse?" "Did you hear that?" "They had a horse too!" "Bartoli, get the forms ready for tomorrow." "And the report." "One page is enough." "Maybe I won't be here tomorrow." "I don't think this is the right place for me." "Here you need somebody tougher than me." "You know, there was nothing to be done." "The poor boy." "His days were numbered." "Don Biagioni, I'm devastated." "It's my fault." "No, it's mine." "Calm down, it was an accident." "We caught them." "There are two missing." "Arcangeli and the one who was sentenced this morning." "We informed the police." "You don't believe they could Leave town?" "To go where?" "Without money, dressed as inmates." "Unless the families help them out and that's unlikely." "I know where they went." "Who?" "Arcangeli and Giuseppe." "Where?" "I'll take you there." "He's not here." "I knew it." "They took him away." "What did they do to you?" "My head hurts." "The big one beat me up." "Where did they go?" "I don't know." "They came, they took the horse." "They said it was theirs." "Get down!" "Mother of God, what have I done?"