The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal [Le due vite di Mattia Pascal]
- Release Year
- 1985
- Runtime
- 2h 58m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Drama
- Directed By
- Mario Monicelli
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.
