Boys on the Outside

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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110 min

Cast

Francesco Benigno

as Natale Sperandeo

Alessandra Di Sanzo

as Mario 'Mery' Libassi

Roberto Mariano

as Antonio Patanè

Maurizio Prollo

as Claudio Catalano

Alfredo Li Bassi

as Carmelo Vella

Salvatore Termini

as Giovanni 'King Kong' Termini

Filippo Genzardi

as Matteo Mondello

Vincenza Attardo

as Vita

Carlo Berretta

as Salvatore 'Salvo' Sperandeo

Giuseppe Pirico

as Marcello

Giuseppe Lucania

as Santino

Alessandro Calamia

as Tommaso

Alessandra Costanzo

as Social Worker

Luigi Maria Burruano

as Franco D'Annino

Guia Jelo

as Prostitute

Tano Cimarosa

as Site Manager

Santo Bellina

as Totò

Claudio Collovà

as Interrogation Detective

Giovanni Corrao

as Police Detective

Giovanna Gambino

Tatu La Vecchia

as Chasing Cop

Aurora Quattrocchi

as Mery's Mother

Benedetto Raneli

as Police Marshall

Caterina Tumminelli

Luigi Ursi

as Judge

Veronica

as Mery's Friend

Mimmo Mancini

as GdF Agent (uncredited)

Pippo Agusta

as King Kong's Father (uncredited)

Tony Sperandeo

as Turris (uncredited)

Antonio Tognetti

as Mechanic (uncredited)

Angelo Prollo

as Claudio's Father (uncredited)

Director

Marco Risi