Rome. Claudio is 15 and wants to be part of the clique. He admires the 18-year-old leader Lauro. If he wants to fit in, he has to lose his little boy smell and learn to smell like a man.
Social & External
The people behind it
Claudio Segaluscio
Claudio
Federico Majorana
Lauro
Lorenzo Amici
Boy with Dog
Andrei Cuciuc
Shaved Boy
Asadul M. Haque
Mini Market Owner
Filippo Marsili
Boy with Arm Sling
Mauro Pacitto
Tattooed Boy
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