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Palombella rossa (1989)

Palombella rossa (1989)

Drama Comedy
Release Date: 1989, September 15
Directors: Nanni Moretti
Countries: France, Italy
Production: Sacher Film, Palmyre Productions, RAI, So. Fin. A.
Cast: Asia Argento, Remo Remotti, Alfonso Santagata, Silvio Orlando, Antonio Petrocelli, Fabio Traversa, Mariella Valentini, Claudio Morganti, Mario Patanè, Marco Messeri, Luisanna Pandolfi, Mario Schiano

Overview:

Michele is a Communist MP who loses his memory in a car crash—although nobody seems to notice. Over the course of a water polo match ahead of election day, he begins to remember his past life, revealing the picture of a man whose personal and political identity crisis mirrors the one of Italian communism.

Keywords:

surrealism mother son relationship character study political satire memory loss identity crisis metaphor water polo fall of communism psychanalyse