The Icicle Thief

Name: The Icicle Thief
Director: Maurizio Nichetti
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1989-02-16
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Maurizio Nichetti, Caterina Sylos Labini, Federico Rizzo, Renato Scarpa, Heidi Komarek

Directed by Maurizio Nichetti

Comedy

19891h 30m7.3

Overview

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.