The Icicle Thief (1989)
Ladri di saponette
90 min
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.
- Release date
- September 6, 1990
- Country of origin
- Italy
Where to watch
No streaming options in United States for now. Pick another country.
Cast
- Maurizio Nichetti as Self
- Caterina Sylos Labini as Maria Piermattei
- Renato Scarpa as Don Italo
- Heidi Komarek as La modella
- Carlina Torta as Telespettatrice
- Lella Costa as Segretaria TV
- Ernesto Calindri as Self
- Maurizio Nichetti as Antonio Piermattei
- Federico Rizzo as Bruno Piermattei
- Massimo Sacilotto as Telespettatore
- Claudio G. Fava as Critico
- Marco Zannoni as Tecnico TV
Crew
- Maurizio Nichetti · Director
- Maurizio Nichetti · Writer
- Mauro Monti · Writer
- Ernesto Di Sarro · Producer
- Manuel De Sica · Composer
- Mario Battistoni · Cinematographer
- Anna Missoni · Editor
- Rita Rossi · Editor
- Ada Legori · Production designer