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The Icicle Thief (Italian: Ladri di saponette, lit. ' Soap Thieves ' ) is a 1989 Italian comedy film directed by Maurizio Nichetti , titled in imitation of Vittorio De Sica 's 1948 classic Italian neorealist film The Bicycle Thief (Italian: Ladri di biciclette ).
Aug 24, 1990 · The Icicle Thief: Directed by Maurizio Nichetti. With Maurizio Nichetti, Caterina Sylos Labini, Federico Rizzo, Renato Scarpa. A movie resembling Bicycle Thieves (1948) is shown on TV, but the real-life world gets muddled with the film and the TV commercials.
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- Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
- Maurizio Nichetti
- 1990-08-24
Apr 24, 2014 · Imagine a cross between The Bicycle Thieves and Purple Rose of Cairo if written by Rod Serling
- 84 min
- 26K
- rrrkitchen
The Icicle Thief. A cheeky satire of television and an ode to Italian neo-realist films, this playful movie features director Maurizio Nichetti playing himself. The filmmaker becomes distressed ...
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- Maurizio Nichetti
- Maurizio Nichetti
- Comedy
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 ...
The Icicle Thief (Italian: Ladri di saponette, or "Soap Thieves") is a 1989 Italian comedy film directed by Maurizio Nichetti.The film is a parody of Italian neorealist film Bicycle Thieves, and a critique of both Italian television and the impact of consumerism on art.
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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 ...