The Big Fake
2025 · Movie · R · 110 min · ★ 6.6
An aspiring painter arrives in Rome chasing an artistic dream, but a rare talent pulls him toward a darker world of crime, power, and state secrets. As art and politics collide, his work begins to leave a much larger mark.
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Details
- Original title
- Il falsario
- Years
- 2025
- Release date
- 2025-10-19
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (219 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy Italian crime stories with power games like Suburra or The Traitor; Not for you if you prefer light, straightforward art-world dramas.
Pros: art-crime premise; Rome setting; political intrigue | Cons: limited review context; politics-heavy setup; niche crime focus
Themes
- double life
- based on novel or book
- rome, italy
- 1970s
- organized crime
- criminal underworld
- brigate rosse (red brigades) terrorist group
- blackshirts
- police pursuit
- crime
- art forgery
- master forger
- +3 more
Cast & crew
Pietro Castellitto
as Toni
Giulia Michelini
as Donata
Andrea Arcangeli
as Don Vittorio
Pierluigi Gigante
as Fabione
Aurora Giovinazzo
as Virginia
Edoardo Pesce
as Balbo
Claudio Santamaria
as Il Sarto
Fabrizio Ferracane
as Zù Pippo
Francesco La Mantia
as Er Pilota
Mauro Aversano
as Vigilante
Directed by Stefano Lodovichi