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Ladri di cinema

Ladri di cinema

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Ladri di cinema

1994

1h 35m

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Comedy

Overview

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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Istituto Luce Cinecittà

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Directed by: Piero Natoli
Written by: Piero Natoli
Produced by: Piero Natoli

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