The Former Mattia Pascal (1937)
- Original title
- Il fu Mattia Pascal
- Directed by
- Pierre Chenal
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man fakes his own death to escape his unhappy life. He starts over with a new identity but finds that freedom comes with unexpected complications.
melancholiccontemplativeslow-burnintrospectivesomberatmosphericcharacter-drivenphilosophical
What happens
The Former Mattia Pascal (Italian: Il fu Mattia Pascal) is a 1937 Italian drama film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Pierre Blanchar, Isa Miranda and Irma Gramatica. It is based on the 1904 novel Il fu Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello. The film was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. A separate French-language version was also made, under the title The Man from Nowhere. The film's art direction was by Guido Fiorini. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Call of Life (1937)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.