The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal

The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal (Le due vite di 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.

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