The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal

(1985)

★ 5.9 IMDb · 25 votes

Genres: Drama, Comedy

Year: 1985

Runtime: 178 мин

Country: Italy

Director: Mario Monicelli

Cast: Марчелло Мастроянни, Сента Бергер, Flavio Bucci, Laura Morante, Laura del Sol, Andréa Ferréol, Бернар Блие, Caroline Berg, Néstor Garay, Alessandro Haber

Plot

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.