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.

• DirectorMario Monicelli
• Release30 August 1985
• Genre
  Drama / Comedy
• Duration2h 58m
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  5.9
  21 reviews
• Productions

  Cinecittà Studios, Excelsior Cinematografica, RAI