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
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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