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.

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
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February 16, 1989
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Comedy
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