The Star Maker

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

'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.

Direction

Giuseppe Tornatore

Screenplay

Giuseppe Tornatore

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Fabio Rinaudo