The Icicle Thief
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.
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