The Two Lives of 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.

The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal

Cast

Marcello Mastroianni - Mattia Pascal

Senta Berger - Clara

Flavio Bucci - Terenzio Papiano

Laura Morante - Adriana Paleari

Laura del Sol - Romilda Pescatore

Caroline Berg - Véronique

Andréa Ferréol - Silvia Caporale

Bernard Blier - Anselmo Paleari

Alessandro Haber - Mino Pomino

Néstor Garay - Giambattista Malagna

Rosalia Maggio - Vedova Pescatore

Clelia Rondinella - Oliva Salvoni

Carlo Bagno - Pellegrinotto, dattilografo

Flora Cantone - Madre di Mattia

Helen Stirling - Zia Scolastica

François Marinovich - Padre di Pomino

Elettra Mancini Ferrua - Domestica casa Pascal

Paul Muller - Ladro di fiches a Montecarlo

Victor Cavallo - Avv. Cirino Settebellezze

Tonino Proietti - Amante di Clara

Giuseppe Cederna - Biscazziere elegante a Venezia

Peter Berling - Aristide Melainassis

Roberto Accornero - Suicida a Montecarlo

References

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1985 films

1980s Italian-language films

1985 drama films

Italian drama films

Films about identity theft

Films based on works by Luigi Pirandello

Films based on Italian novels

Films directed by Mario Monicelli

Films with screenplays by Suso Cecchi d'Amico

Films scored by Nicola Piovani

1980s Italian films

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