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The Icicle Thief (1989) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1989 · 90 mins · Italian
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- Starring
- Renato Scarpa, Lella Costa, Fabrizio Fontana, Marco Zannoni, Massimo Sacilotto, Maurizio Nichetti
Invited on TV to present his neo‑realist film ‘The Icicle Thief’, director Maurizio Nichetti is horrified as commercials constantly interrupt his bleak black‑and‑white tale of poverty. A studio power cut mixes the film with the ads, pairing a glamorous model with an unemployed pauper and sending his wife into a fantasy. Nichetti must enter movie to restore order.
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