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Boys on the Outside(1990)
Status: Released
Date: 1990-09-14
68%
108 Votes
Time: 1h 50m
Overview:
Young men with no future have little in the present as well. Natale is released from prison: he takes up with his friends again but none can find work. Claudio, from Palermo, gets out of juvenile detention in Naples and he's met by Vita, a girl who's come from home to run away with him. Where can they go? A young dad, whose potato stall at the market is shut down because he has no permit, takes his two small children to the beach and yells at them. Mario, gay, a prostitute in drag, gets a visit from his mom; he offers tea, then finds the water to his apartment is shut off. Social workers drop by, parole officers file reports. What hope is there? What options besides crime?
Languages: Italian.
Countries:
Italy
ProductionCompanies: 
Numero Uno International
Movie: Boys on the Outside
Top 10 Billed Cast
Francesco Benigno
Natale Sperandeo
Alessandra Di Sanzo
Mario 'Mery' Libassi
Roberto Mariano
Antonio Patanè
Maurizio Prollo
Claudio Catalano
Alfredo Li Bassi
Carmelo Vella
Salvatore Termini
Giovanni 'King Kong' Termini
Filippo Genzardi
Matteo Mondello
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Overview
Young men with no future have little in the present as well. Natale is released from prison: he takes up with his friends again but none can find work. Claudio, from Palermo, gets out of juvenile detention in Naples and he's met by Vita, a girl who's come from home to run away with him. Where can they go? A young dad, whose potato stall at the market is shut down because he has no permit, takes his two small children to the beach and yells at them. Mario, gay, a prostitute in drag, gets a visit from his mom; he offers tea, then finds the water to his apartment is shut off. Social workers drop by, parole officers file reports. What hope is there? What options besides crime?
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1990-09-14
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