«Fulci for Fake» is the first biopic on Lucio Fulci. Lucio Fulci is an enigma. The mystery that surrounds Fulci is linked in part to his personal life. The director only rarely spoke about himself in interviews. But he did let his experience be reflected in his films. The setting of the film sees Nicola, a successful actor, agree to play the part of Lucio Fulci in a biopic on the director. Nicola will ask himself probing questions about the real nature of a man who, in his own lifetime, had already rewritten his biography.

Fulci for fake

Spaghetti western, giallo, mondo... are the legacy of a golden age for Italian genre cinema, which began in the sixties and came to an end after the eighties, but not before leaving behind some latest masterpieces. This film asks, a few decades later, what became of those filmmakers and films. Some of the most famous survivors of Italian horror cinema will help clarify what happened.