Film
The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal
1985Directed by Mario Monicelli
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- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 58m
About The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal
- Drama
- Comedy
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.
- Director
- Mario Monicelli
- Writers
- Luigi Pirandello
- Mario Monicelli
- Amanzio Todini
- Ennio De Concini
- Suso Cecchi d'Amico
- Original title
- Le due vite di Mattia Pascal
