The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal (Italian: Le due vite di Mattia Pascal) is a 1985 Italian drama film directed by Mario Monicelli.[1] It was adapted from the novel Il fu Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal | |
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Directed by | Mario Monicelli |
Written by | Suso Cecchi d'Amico Ennio De Concini Mario Monicelli Luigi Pirandello (novel) Amanzio Todini |
Produced by | Carlo Cucchi Silvia D'Amico Bendico |
Starring | Marcello Mastroianni |
Cinematography | Camillo Bazzoni |
Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
Music by | Nicola Piovani |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
The film tells the story of Mattia Pascal, inept small farmer in a town in northern Italy who decides to groped your luck at the casinos in France. Won the money, he decided to leave the boring family, but discovers that an individual reading a newspaper with the same name has died mysteriously. Convinced that this is a perfect opportunity to make up a new life, Mattia Pascal decides to change his identity, calling himself Arturo Meis. He moved to Rome after many trips in the family Paleari, Mattia Pascal goes to meet his fate.
Luigi Pirandello's The Late Mattia Pascal (1904) | |
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