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The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal (1985)

The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal (1985)

Drama Comedy
Release Date: 1985, August 30
Directors: Mario Monicelli
Countries: Italy
Production: Cinecittà Studios, Excelsior Cinematografica, RAI
Cast: Giuseppe Cederna, Andréa Ferréol, Flavio Bucci, Paul Müller, Marcello Mastroianni, Néstor Garay, Bernard Blier, Laura Morante, Alessandro Haber, Senta Berger, Laura del Sol, Clelia Rondinella

Overview:

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.