The Icicle Thief
90 mins
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.
Federico Rizzo
Bruno Piermattei
Heidi Komarek
Modella
Claudio G. Fava
Critico
Matteo Auguardi
Paolo Piermattei
Stefania Carbone
Amica
Stefania Maggio
Amica
Claudia Pogliotti
Amica
Pierluigi Pelitti
Funzionario collocamento
Bruno Moretti
Musicista
Ettore Richello
Musicista
Carlo Sola
Musicista
Mario Battistoni
Director of Photography
Mauro Monti
Screenplay
Anna Missoni
Editor
Marco Mandelli
Production Director
Ada Legori
Production Design
Ernesto Di Sarro
Producer
Laura Zagordi
Assistant Director
Amedeo Casati
Sound
Maria Pia Angelini
Costume Design
Romano Gregorig
Camera Operator
Mario Maronati
General Manager
Rita Rossi
Editor