Boys on the Outside

Boys on the Outside

1990 · 110 min · ★ 6.7 · Drama

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?

Directed by Marco Risi · Written by Aurelio Grimaldi

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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
Vincenza Attardo Vita
Carlo Berretta Salvatore 'Salvo' Sperandeo
Giuseppe Pirico Marcello
Giuseppe Lucania Santino
Alessandro Calamia Tommaso

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