The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal | |
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Directed by | Mario Monicelli |
Written by | Suso Cecchi d'Amico Ennio De Concini Mario Monicelli Luigi Pirandello (novel) Amanzio Todini |
Produced by | Carlo Cucchi Silvia D'Amico Bendico |
Starring | Marcello Mastroianni |
Cinematography | Camillo Bazzoni |
Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
Music by | Nicola Piovani |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal (Italian: Le due vite di Mattia Pascal) is a 1985 Italian drama film directed by Mario Monicelli.[1] It was adapted from the novel Il fu Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Mattia Pascal, an unsuccessful small farmer in northern Italy, decides to try his luck at a French casino and wins. When he sees in a newspaper story that a man with the same name has died mysteriously, he decides that this is a perfect opportunity to begin a new life. He takes the name Arturo Meis and moves to Rome. But he finds that a new life is not necessarily a more satisfying one.