The Trick in the Sheet

The Trick in the Sheet
Film poster
Directed by	Alfonso Arau
Produced by	Luis Ángel Bellaba Maria Grazia Cucinotta Riccardo Neri Giulio Violati
Written by	Giovanna Cucinotta Francesco Costa Maria Grazia Cucinotta Chiara Clini Romina Nardozi
Starring	Maria Grazia Cucinotta Geraldine Chaplin Anne Parillaud Primo Reggiani
Music by	Maria Entraigues Ruy Folguera
Cinematography	Vittorio Storaro
Edited by	Consuelo Catucci Roberto Perpignani
Release dates	June 18, 2010 (2010-06-18) (Italy)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Italy Spain
Language	Italian

The Trick in the Sheet (Original title:L'imbroglio Nel Lenzuolo) is a 2010 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Alfonso Arau. It stars Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Geraldine Chaplin, Anne Parillaud and Primo Reggiani. It was released in Italy on 18 June 2010.

Plot

In a small town in southern Italy in 1905, theatrical performances are accompanied by short silent film. An audience flees in terror as an image of a train tears towards them, projected on a makeshift screen, a large white sheet.

Federico (Reggiani), is fascinated by this new film technology and switches from a medical career to writing screenplays. He soon lands a gig as the director of a new short silent film. Although he is torn by the demands of those around him, his producer wants salacious storylines and his sister craves something more edifying. Federico decides to recreate the Biblical story of Susanna, where she nakedly bathes and is leered at by two older men

Meanwhile, Marianna (Cucinotta) is a peasant sorceress, that finds her powers redundant against the new powers of film technology. Federico becomes attracted Marianna, but he is also mesmerized by Beatrice, a visiting writer (Parillaud).^[1]

Cast

Maria Grazia Cucinotta as Marianna
Geraldine Chaplin as Alma
Anne Parillaud as Beatrice
Miguel Ángel Silvestre as Giocondo
Angélica Aragón as Teresa
Giselda Volodi as Elena
Primo Reggiani as Federico
Maria Entraigues as Opera singer

References

↑ The Trick in the Sheet – Film Review The Hollywood Reporter. 14 October 2010

External links

L'imbroglio Nel Lenzuolo at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Alfonso Arau

El águila descalza (1971)
Calzonzin Inspector (1974)
Caribe, estrella y aguila (1976)
Mojado Power (1979)
Tacos de oro (1985)
Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
The Magnificent Ambersons (2002)
A Painted House (2003)
Zapata: El sueño de un héroe (2004)
L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo (2009)
Dare to Love Me (2010)

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