Sciuscià (shoeshine boy)

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Sciuscià (shoeshine boy) Naples 40s
Limited edition 40 pieces, available from 26 November.
Scale 1/35- Figure Sculptor Nino Pizzichemi - groundwork R.Giannino - PRICE € 24,00

 

[Tom W.]

One of the future Mafiosi.....

 

[Blind Pew]

A subject that is long overdue. I've vague memories of a newspaper seller.

 

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Sciuscià is the deformation in the Neapolitan dialect of the original English word shoeshine (or "lustrascarpe"). The word, now in disuse, meant the children, aged between 7 and 12 years, the famous "scugnizzi", who lived on the streets of the poorest Neapolitan neighborhoods, especially cleaning their shoes or doing small jobs for adults in exchange for a few pennies. The word became known in the rest of Italy, above all thanks to the 1946 film by Vittorio De Sica entitled Sciuscià, winner of Oscar. Therefore, a young worker and not a mafioso. please, sorry for my bad english.

 

[T-34/85]

This would be a perfect addition to a vignette I have planned. Where can I purchase a copy?

Tom