The Icicle Thief
1989•6•1h 30m•7.4•Released
Comedy
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.
Director
Maurizio Nichetti
Writer
Mauro Monti, Maurizio Nichetti
Languages
English, Italian
Studio
Reteitalia
Cast
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
Lella Costa
Segretaria TV
Marco Zannoni
Tecnico TV
Anna Maria Torniai
Sarta TV
Clara Droetto
Truccatrice TV
Ernesto Calindri
Self
Matteo Auguardi
Paolo Piermattei
Salvatore Landolina
Brigadiere
Production
Company
Reteitalia
Company
Bambú Cinema e TV
Producer
Ernesto Di Sarro
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