The Icicle Thief
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| Directed by | Maurizio Nichetti |
| Produced by | Ernesto Di Sabro |
| Written by | Mauro Monti Maurizio Nichetti Maurizio Nichetti (story) |
| Starring | Maurizio Nichetti Caterina Sylos Labini Federico Rizzo Heidi Komarek Renato Scarpa Carlina Torta Massimo Sacilotto Claudio G. Fava |
| Music by | Manuel De Sica |
| Cinematography | Mario Battistoni |
| Editing by | Rita Rossi |
| Distributed by | Bambú, Reteitalia |
| Release date(s) |  July, 1989 (MIFF) September 7, 1989 (TIFF) August 24, 1990 |
| Running time | 90 min |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian / English |
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The Icicle Thief (Italian: Ladri di saponette) is a 1989 film by Italian director Maurizio Nichetti, named in imitation of the Italian neorealism classic The Bicycle Thief. Some feel "The Icicle Thief" was created as a spoof of said film movement which predominated Italian cinema after World War II. However, it generally understood to go beyond imitation of Italian neorealism and to take a stand against commercialism as destructive towards art.
The film tells the story of a director who is drawn into a television set while watching one of his films. Like the television version, the action is cut at 11-minute intervals by commercials. Gradually, the cast begins incorporating the commercials into their own lines, entirely changing the original concept of the film.
