Boys on the Outside

Released: 1990

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?
Starring: Francesco Benigno, Alessandra Di Sanzo, Roberto Mariano, Maurizio Prollo, Alfredo Li Bassi, Salvatore Termini, Filippo Genzardi, Vincenza Attardo
Directed by: Marco Risi
Written by: Marco Risi, Aurelio Grimaldi, Marco Risi, Aurelio Grimaldi
Language: Italian
Scenes
Some boys on motorbikes throw pee ("Palermitan champagne") in the face of a trans boy to humiliate her. (4:17)
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7wik1f
Alternate Titles
Überleben in Palermo
Chicos de la calle
Les Garçons de la rue