The Star Maker (1995 film)

The Star Maker (Italian: L'Uomo delle stelle) is a 1995 Italian film. It was produced by Rita Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, while the title role was played by Sergio Castellitto. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[1]

L'uomo delle stelle
(The Star Maker)
Film poster
Directed byGiuseppe Tornatore
Produced byRita Cecchi Gori
Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Written byFabio Rinaudo
Giuseppe Tornatore
Starring
Music byEnnio Morricone
Production
company
Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica
RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana
Distributed byMiramax
Release date
  • 9 November 1995 (1995-11-09)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Plot

In 1953, Joe Morelli is traveling rural Sicily, offering to take screen tests of wannabe actors for a fee. He claims to work for big Roman film studios, but in reality he is a fraud. He meets several people who express their deepest feelings and secrets in front of the camera. At one of his stops he meets a young girl, Beata, a convent girl who becomes attached to him despite his protestations.

Joe and Beata's relationship gradually evolves into a romantic one, when he's exposed as a fraud, beaten, and arrested. After serving his prison term, Joe comes back to seek Beata, but finds her in a mentally disturbed state assuming Joe died. Pretending to be Joe's friend, he conveys to her a message that she was the love of his life, and promises he shall come back with money and take care of her.

Cast
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See also

References
  1. "The 68th Academy Awards (1996) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
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