identity crisis,surrealism,memory loss,character study,political satire,metaphor,water polo,fall of communism,mother son relationship,psychanalyse

Palombella rossa (1989)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Nanni Moretti
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    Michele Apicella Nanni Moretti
  • Profile picture of Silvio Orlando
    Mario Silvio Orlando
  • Profile picture of Asia Argento
    Valentina Apicella Asia Argento
  • Profile picture of Mariella Valentini
    Giornalista Mariella Valentini
  • Profile picture of Alfonso Santagata
    Ossessivo Alfonso Santagata
  • Profile picture of Claudio Morganti
    Ossessivo Claudio Morganti
  • Profile picture of Eugenio Masciari
    Arbitro Eugenio Masciari
  • Profile picture of Mario Patanè
    Simone Mario Patanè

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Keywords

  • identity crisis
  • surrealism
  • memory loss
  • character study
  • political satire
  • metaphor
  • water polo
  • fall of communism
  • mother son relationship
  • psychanalyse