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
as Self / Antonio Piermattei
Caterina Sylos Labini
as Maria Piermattei
Federico Rizzo
as Bruno Piermattei
Renato Scarpa
as Don Italo
Heidi Komarek
as Modella
Carlina Torta
as Telespettatrice
Massimo Sacilotto
as Telespettatore
Claudio G. Fava
as Critico
Lella Costa
as Segretaria TV
Marco Zannoni
as Tecnico TV
Anna Maria Torniai
as Sarta TV
Clara Droetto
as Truccatrice TV
