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The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal
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Title: The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal

Release Date: 30 Aug 1985

Runtime: 2h 58m

Genre: Drama, Comedy

Director: Cinecittà Studios, Excelsior Cinematografica, RAI

Production Companies: Cinecittà Studios, Excelsior Cinematografica, RAI

Overview: Based on 'Il fu Mattia Pascal', one of Pirandello's many stories concerning the transitory nature of the intangibles "truth" and "identity". Mattia Pascal is a downtrodden average man, treated like trash by his fiancée, scorned by his associates, and cheated out of his inheritance by contemptuous relatives. The dispirited Pascal heads to Monte Carlo, accruing a fortune and also assuming the identity of a less fortunate gambler who killed himself. The "new" Pascal is treated with a dignity and respect that overwhelms him--and nearly kills him.

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Average Vote: 5.9 (21 votes)

Cast

  • Mattia Pascal: Marcello Mastroianni
  • Clara: Senta Berger
  • Terenzio Papiano: Flavio Bucci
  • Adriana Paleari: Laura Morante
  • Romilda Pescatore: Laura del Sol
  • Silvia Caporale: Andréa Ferréol
  • Anselmo Paleari: Bernard Blier
  • Véronique: Caroline Berg
  • Giambattista Malagna: Néstor Garay
  • Mino Pomino: Alessandro Haber
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