Feb 16, 1989
90 min
Full-HD

The Icicle Thief (1989)

Director Maurizio Nichetti is invited on TV to introduce a screening of his neo-realist classic 'The Icicle Thief'. He is horrified to discover that his black-and-white tale of life in poverty is constantly interrupted by garish color commercials, and even more horrified when a power cut in the studio causes film and commercials to mix up – a glamorous model finds herself in the arms of an unemployed pauper, while his wife finds herself in consumers' heaven. Nichetti has to break into the film to try to sort everything out.

Category

Comedy

Country

Italy

Companies

Reteitalia Bambú Cinema e TV

Maurizio Nichetti

Self / Antonio Piermattei

Caterina Sylos Labini

Maria Piermattei

Federico Rizzo

Bruno Piermattei

Renato Scarpa

Don Italo

Heidi Komarek

Modella

Carlina Torta

Telespettatrice

Massimo Sacilotto

Telespettatore

Claudio G. Fava

Critico

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