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Three Lives and Only One Death (1996)

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Original title
Trois vies et une seule mort
Directed by
Raúl Ruiz
Genre
comedy film
Country
France, Portugal
Runtime
2h 03m
Rated
16
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 45 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Marcello Mastroianni plays several different characters in a series of interconnected stories. A man with multiple identities navigates absurd situations in Paris.

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What happens

Three Lives and Only One Death (French: Trois vies et une seule mort) is a 1996 French comedy film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz. It was entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, and was the penultimate film to star Marcello Mastroianni, before his death in 1996. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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