Ladri di cinema

Ladri di cinema

1994•1h 35m

Comedy

No-budget satire on the bleak state of Italian film industry & distribution circa late-'80s-to-early-'90s. Mercurio, a down-to-earth, perennially underseen independent filmmaker, tries to get a distribution company to release his latest movie.

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Production

Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Azione cinematografica

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Piero Natoli

Piero Natoli

Mercurio

Joanna Chatton

Joanna Chatton

Josephin

Carlotta Natoli

Carlotta Natoli

Carlotta

Vera Gemma

Vera Gemma

Paola

Valerio Mastandrea

Valerio Mastandrea

Valerio

Neri Marcorè

Neri Marcorè

Marco

Claudia Poggiani

Claudia Poggiani

Claudia

Mario De Candia

Mario De Candia

Antonio

Pier Francesco Aiello

Aristide

Elena Cantarone

Elena Cantarone

L'attrice

Alessandra Bonarota

Alessandra Bonarota

L'attricetta

Antonio Cecchi

Il dottor Cipputi

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