The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal

Movie
TitleLe due vite di Mattia Pascal
User score

5.9

Release dateAug 30, 1985
GenreDrama, Comedy
DirectorMario Monicelli
Production countryItaly
Production companiesCinecittà Studios, Excelsior Cinematografica, RAI
Run time178 min.

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.

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