Movie

The Icicle Thief

1989★ 7.4 · 341h 30mComedy

Overview

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.

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Cast

Renato Scarpa
as Don Italo

Maurizio Nichetti
as Self / Antonio Piermattei

Clara Droetto
as Truccatrice TV

Ernesto Calindri
as Self

Lella Costa
as Segretaria TV

Anna Maria Torniai
as Sarta TV

Salvatore Landolina
as Brigadiere

Caterina Sylos Labini
as Maria Piermattei

Enrico Grazioli
as Caporeparto

Gero Caldarelli
as Capocomico

Bruno Moretti
as Musicista

Carlina Torta
as Telespettatrice