The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal
Film poster
Directed byMario Monicelli
Written bySuso Cecchi d'Amico
Ennio De Concini
Mario Monicelli
Luigi Pirandello (novel)
Amanzio Todini
Produced byCarlo Cucchi
Silvia D'Amico Bendico
StarringMarcello Mastroianni
CinematographyCamillo Bazzoni
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni
Music byNicola Piovani
Release date
  • 1985 (1985)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

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]

Plot 

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.


Cast

References

  1. ^ "NY Times: The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 28 June 2009.

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Films directed by Mario Monicelli
Luigi Pirandello's The Late Mattia Pascal (1904)
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