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The Star Maker

Original title: L'uomo delle stelle

In the golden age of cinema, everyone dreams of becoming a star. One man promises to make all their dreams come true...

1995 · 1h 53m

Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore

7.0

TMDB audience score
197 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

In 1950s Sicily, con artist Joe Moretti does screen tests for the big studios, accepting money or favours for his efforts. A young illiterate novitiate named Beata desperately wants to change her life and falls for him; belatedly, he realizes his feelings for her. However, their love affair is doomed when he's arrested.

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Cast

  • Sergio Castellitto
    Joe Morelli (Giuseppe Romolo)

  • Tiziana Lodato
    Beata

  • Franco Scaldati
    Brigadier Mastropaolo

  • Leopoldo Trieste
    Mute

  • Leo Gullotta
    Vito

  • Clelia Rondinella
    Anna's mother

  • Salvatore Billa
    Prince

  • Jane Alexander
    Princess

  • Tony Sperandeo
    1st Badalamenti

  • Tano Cimarosa
    Grandpa Bordonaro

  • Nicola Di Pinto
    Communal Functionary

  • Domenico Gennaro
    1st Mafioso (as Mimmo Gennaro)

  • Luigi Maria Burruano
    Flirtatious Client

  • Antonella Attili
    Nurse

  • Costantino Carrozza
    The Collector

  • Carmelo Di Mazzarelli
    Old Man in Wheelchair

  • Domenico Dolce
    Peasant on Bus

  • Stefano Gabbana
    Photographer