![The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal](https://i3.wp.com/image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5QuLt0Y7BDdS6ljz0NzVHf33Yxn.jpg)
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.
Writer | Luigi Pirandello |
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Director | Mario Monicelli |
Actor | Marcello Mastroianni, Senta Berger, Flavio Bucci |
Country | Italy |
Production | Cinecittà Studios |