The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal (1985)

Original title

Le due vite di Mattia Pascal

Directed by

Mario Monicelli

Genre

comedy film

Country

Germany, France, Italy, Spain

Runtime

2h 05m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man fakes his own death to escape his bleak life and start fresh. He then struggles with the freedom and loneliness of his new identity.

melancholiccomedicslow-burnreflectivewhimsicalabsurdcontemplativeironic

What happens

The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal (Italian: Le due vite di Mattia Pascal) is a 1985 Italian drama film directed by Mario Monicelli. It was adapted from the novel Il fu Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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