

Ladri di cinema
1994-09-15 · 95 min · Not rated
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 details
- Directors
- Piero Natoli
- Production companies
- Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Azione cinematografica
- Countries
- Italy
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 35,100
Top Cast
Piero NatoliMercurio
Joanna ChattonJosephin
Carlotta NatoliCarlotta
Vera GemmaPaola
Valerio MastandreaValerio
Neri MarcorèMarco
Claudia PoggianiClaudia
Mario De CandiaAntonio
Elena CantaroneL'attrice
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