The Icicle Thief
16/02/1989
2h



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.
Cast


Maurizio Nichetti
Self / Antonio Piermattei


Caterina Sylos Labini
Maria Piermattei
Federico Rizzo
Bruno Piermattei


Renato Scarpa
Don Italo
Heidi Komarek
Modella


Carlina Torta
Telespettatrice


Massimo Sacilotto
Telespettatore
Claudio G. Fava
Critico


Lella Costa
Segretaria TV


Marco Zannoni
Tecnico TV


Anna Maria Torniai
Sarta TV


Clara Droetto
Truccatrice TV


Ernesto Calindri
Self
Matteo Auguardi
Paolo Piermattei


Salvatore Landolina
Brigadiere


Gero Caldarelli
Capocomico


Fabrizio Fontana
Ciclista
Stefania Carbone
Amica
Stefania Maggio
Amica
Claudia Pogliotti
Amica
Pierluigi Pelitti
Funzionario collocamento


Enrico Grazioli
Caporeparto
Bruno Moretti
Musicista
Ettore Richello
Musicista
Carlo Sola
Musicista
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