Zapata's Gang

Announced as a „film joke,“ the film almost reverses the hierarchies between fiction and reality and offers a surprisingly modern perspective on the old problem of life imitating art. A motley group employed by the Nordland Film arrives in Italy for on-location shooting. Though the area has been terrorized by bandits, the film team is determined to finish another „sensational hit.“ They dress up as wild robbers and initiate a series of dramatic reversals that jeopardizes their shooting schedule and, ultimately, puts into question the very definition of roleplaying. —Sabine Hake