Working the Streets

A Neopolitan hustler named Antonello is living his life in Torino He turns tricks as a transvestite using the name Rosatigre or more commonly Rosa His closest pal is Wanda who exercises the same profession and being his best friend is also the incarnation of his feminine alter ego While we watch the two of them hanging out on the street sweet and carefree as the young Moll Flanders we eavesdrop on their exchange of confidences and learn the secret details of their private lives Wanda could have been a teacher but she preferred the street where she can indulge her sentimental dreamy nature in sighing over the Americano she once met in Naples for whom she still carries a torch