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.
Genre: Comedy
Stars: Maurizio Nichetti, Caterina Sylos Labini, Federico Rizzo, Renato Scarpa, Heidi Komarek, Carlina Torta
Crew: Maurizio Nichetti (Director), Manuel De Sica (Music), Mario Battistoni (Director of Photography), Mauro Monti (Screenplay), Maurizio Nichetti (Story), Ada Legori (Production Design)
Country: Italy
Language: English, Italiano
Studio: Reteitalia, Bambú Cinema e TV
Runtime: 90 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Feb 16, 1989
IMDb: 3.7
