Marchand de Rêves

Here's a film that asks: what if a Sicilian hustler made a movie? Joe travels around Sicily in the 1950s, pretending to be a talent scout. He falls for Beata, a would-be nun, but their romance ends abruptly. It's a film about filmmaking that somehow avoids actually making one.

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Giuseppe Tornatore directed Marchand de Rêves in 1995. See Giuseppe Tornatore's full filmography, where to start with Giuseppe Tornatore, or where to go after you've seen everything by Giuseppe Tornatore.

Marchand de Rêves was released in 1995 (IT original-language production), with a runtime of 113 minutes.