Drama ·Comedy · Italy · 1985 · 2h 58m

The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal

Le due vite di Mattia Pascal

Director

Cast

Marcello Mastroianni as Mattia Pascal Senta Berger as Clara Flavio Bucci as Terenzio Papiano Laura Morante as Adriana Paleari Laura del Sol as Romilda Pescatore Andréa Ferréol as Silvia Caporale

Crew

Camillo Bazzoni — Director of Photography Ruggero Mastroianni — Editor Nicola Piovani — Original Music Composer Suso Cecchi d'Amico — Screenplay Ennio De Concini — Screenplay Amanzio Todini — Screenplay

Synopsis

Based on 'Il fu Mattia Pascal', one of Pirandello's many stories concerning the transitory nature of the intangibles "truth" and "identity". Mattia Pascal is a downtrodden average man, treated like trash by his fiancée, scorned by his associates, and cheated out of his inheritance by contemptuous relatives. The dispirited Pascal heads to Monte Carlo, accruing a fortune and also assuming the identity of a less fortunate gambler who killed himself. The "new" Pascal is treated with a dignity and respect that overwhelms him--and nearly kills him.

Key Collaborators

Mario Monicelli Director Camillo Bazzoni Director of Photography Ruggero Mastroianni Editor Nicola Piovani Original Music Composer Suso Cecchi d'Amico Screenplay Ennio De Concini Screenplay Amanzio Todini Screenplay Mario Monicelli Screenplay Luigi Pirandello Novel Suso Cecchi d'Amico Story Ennio De Concini Story Amanzio Todini Story

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