The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
37 audience votes
Key crew
- Maurizio NichettiDirector
- Mauro MontiScreenplay
- Maurizio NichettiScreenplay
- Manuel De SicaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Maurizio NichettiSelf / Antonio Piermattei
- Caterina Sylos LabiniMaria Piermattei
- Federico RizzoBruno Piermattei
- Renato ScarpaDon Italo
- Heidi KomarekModella
- Carlina TortaTelespettatrice
- Massimo SacilottoTelespettatore
- Claudio G. FavaCritico
- Lella CostaSegretaria TV
- Marco ZannoniTecnico TV
- Anna Maria TorniaiSarta TV
- Clara DroettoTruccatrice TV
Stills
Themes
commercialsatireneorealism