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Gennarino is a Neapolitan orphan boy. He lives with Angela his adoptive mother, a former famous singer now fallen in the dust. She has a serious illness, and they together try to get the money necessary to the right care by singing around. But one day Angela is obliged by ill to stop her activity and Gennarino decides to join a pilferers gang. He befriend with another boy Mario. When Mario dies, Gennarino finish into the jail. Here he set up a net of wrong friendships that anyway help him in some way to get the necessary money to recover Angela. But tragedy aren't over.

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    • Author: Aradwyn
    This one is a peculiar mix of comedy, hard hitting "neorealist" street kid drama and crime action. As you might expect: legendary Italian cult director Alfonso "Al Bradley" Brescia cannot quite keep the show going for the full 90 minutes. However, it is an interesting entry in Bradley's filmography, usually remembered for his more obviously exploitative themes. Which is not saying that this one isn't exploitative. It is!

    The result is a weird mix of mismatching elements of which the surreal comedy works best, the hard hitting drama worst.

    Released on video in Finland in the early eighties.
  • Credited cast:
    Angela Luce Angela Luce
    Marco Girondino Marco Girondino
    Gianni Garko Gianni Garko
    Nunzio Gallo Nunzio Gallo
    Gennarino Palumbo Gennarino Palumbo
    Rik Battaglia Rik Battaglia
    Pippo Valente Pippo Valente
    Lucio Montanaro Lucio Montanaro
    Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
    Renato Caruso Renato Caruso
    Salvatore Puccinelli Salvatore Puccinelli
    Nino Vingelli Nino Vingelli
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