The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal

Synopsis

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.

Top cast

Marcello Mastroianni

Mattia Pascal

Senta Berger

Clara

Flavio Bucci

Terenzio Papiano

Laura Morante

Adriana Paleari

Laura del Sol

Romilda Pescatore

Andréa Ferréol

Silvia Caporale

Bernard Blier

Anselmo Paleari

Caroline Berg

Véronique

Néstor Garay

Giambattista Malagna

Alessandro Haber

Mino Pomino