The Star Maker

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-03-08

Languages:

Italian, Sicilian, Spanish

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (3503 Reviews)

Director:

Giuseppe Tornatore

Genres:

Drama Romance

Cast:

Sergio Castellitto Tiziana Lodato Franco Scaldati Leopoldo Trieste

Writer:

Giuseppe Tornatore (story)

Fabio Rinaudo (screenplay)

Giuseppe Tornatore (screenplay)

Fullplot:

"Dottore" Joe Moretti travels round Sicily doing screen tests for the big Roman studios. He's a conman and takes money or favours for his efforts. Beata, a young illiterate convent girl desperately wants to change her life and falls for him, belatedly he realises his feelings for her. Their love affair is doomed when he's arrested.

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