The Big Fake

About The Big Fake

Toni Chichiarelli arrives in Rome with the dream of becoming a painter, but his talent leads him elsewhere — from art galleries to state secrets. Between art, crime, and power, his signature ends up everywhere — even in the history of Italy.

The Big Fake (2025) is a crime thriller film directed by Stefano Lodovichi. Its themes are organized crime, criminal underworld, double life, and police pursuit.

Pietro Castellitto appears as Toni, Giulia Michelini as Donata, Andrea Arcangeli as Don Vittorio, and Pierluigi Gigante as Fabione. It runs 110 minutes and was released in October 2025.

The screenplay is by Sandro Petraglia. Produced by Cattleya. The film began as a novel. In the United States it streams on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads.

GoodFellas, The Irishman, and Casino make useful companions to The Big Fake, all filed under 1970s. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 250 votes and it carries a R rating.