The Icicle Thief ( Ladri di saponette )

The Icicle Thief (DVD) (*)

$25.99

Original Title: Ladri di saponette
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Moscow International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
82 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Storyboards
Trailer(s)
Black & White
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1989 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Maurizio Nichetti

Written By:
Maurizio Nichetti
Mauro Monti

Actors:
Maurizio Nichetti ..... Himself / Antonio Piermattei
Caterina Sylos Labini ..... Maria Piermattei
Federico Rizzo ..... Bruno Piermattei
Renato Scarpa ..... Don Italo
Heidi Komarek ..... The Model
Carlina Torta ..... TV-watching Mother
Massimo Sacilotto ..... TV-watching Father
Claudio G. Fava ..... Himself
Lella Costa ..... TV Secretary
Marco Zannoni ..... TV Technician
Anna Maria Torniai ..... TV Sewer
Clara Droetto ..... TV Makeup Artist
Ernesto Calindri ..... Himself
Matteo Auguardi ..... Paolo Piermattei
Salvatore Landolina ..... Sergeant

Synopsis:

The director Maurizio Nichetti is invited by a TV studio to introduce a screening of his best-known film, the neo-realist classic 'Ladri di saponette'. But Nichetti is horrified to discover that his black-and-white tale of life in poverty is constantly interrupted by garish colour commercials, and even more horrified when a power cut in the studio causes film and commercials to be mixed up -a glamorous model finds herself in the arms of an unemployed pauper, while his wife finds herself in consumer heaven. So Nichetti has to break into the film to try to sort everything out.

The film tells the story of a director who is drawn into a television set while watching one of his films. Like the television version, the action is cut at 11-minute intervals by commercials. Gradually, the cast begins incorporating the commercials into their own lines, entirely changing the original concept of the film.

A movie resembling Bicycle Thieves (1948) is shown on TV, but the real-life world gets muddled with the film and the TV commercials.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 08 July, 2013.

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