The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal
The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal

The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal

Le due vite di Mattia Pascal

Release date : 1985-08-30

Production country :

Italy

Production company :

Cinecittà Studios,

Excelsior Cinematografica,

RAI

Status : Released

Durasi : 178 Min.

Popularity : 3.227

5.9

Total Vote : 21

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.