The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal

The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal
Film poster
Directed by Mario Monicelli
Written by Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Ennio De Concini
Mario Monicelli
Luigi Pirandello (novel)
Amanzio Todini
Produced by Carlo Cucchi
Silvia D'Amico Bendico
Starring Marcello Mastroianni
Cinematography Camillo Bazzoni
Edited by Ruggero Mastroianni
Music by Nicola Piovani
Release date
  • 1985
Running time
 125 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

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.

Plot 

Mattia Pascal, an unsuccessful small farmer in northern Italy, decides to try his luck at a French casino and wins. When he sees in a newspaper story that a man with the same name has died mysteriously, he decides that this is a perfect opportunity to begin a new life. He takes the name Arturo Meis and moves to Rome. But he finds that a new life is not necessarily a more satisfying one.


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