Palombella rossa

Sep 15, 1989

1h 29m

★ 7.2

Overview

Michele is a Communist MP who loses his memory in a car crash—although nobody seems to notice. Over the course of a water polo match ahead of election day, he begins to remember his past life, revealing the picture of a man whose personal and political identity crisis mirrors the one of Italian communism.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Sacher Film

Palmyre Productions

RAI

So. Fin. A.

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Cast

Michele Apicella

Nanni Moretti

Mario

Silvio Orlando

Valentina Apicella

Asia Argento

Giornalista

Mariella Valentini

Ossessivo

Alfonso Santagata

Ossessivo

Claudio Morganti

Arbitro

Eugenio Masciari

Simone

Mario Patanè

Fascista

Antonio Petrocelli

Santone di Mario

Remo Remotti

Amico di Michele

Fabio Traversa

Santone dell'arbitro

Giovanni Buttafava

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