The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal (Italian: Le due vite di Mattia Pascal) is a 1985 Italian drama film directed by Mario Monicelli.

[1] It was adapted from the novel Il fu Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello.

[2] 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.

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