Palombella rossa

Palombella rossa

1989•1h 29m•7.1/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.1/10(275)

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.

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Production

Sacher Film, Palmyre Productions, RAI, So. Fin. A.

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Nanni Moretti

Nanni Moretti

Michele Apicella

Silvio Orlando

Silvio Orlando

Mario

Asia Argento

Asia Argento

Valentina Apicella

Mariella Valentini

Mariella Valentini

Giornalista

Alfonso Santagata

Alfonso Santagata

Ossessivo

Claudio Morganti

Claudio Morganti

Ossessivo

Eugenio Masciari

Eugenio Masciari

Arbitro

Mario Patanè

Mario Patanè

Simone

Antonio Petrocelli

Antonio Petrocelli

Fascista

Remo Remotti

Remo Remotti

Santone di Mario

Fabio Traversa

Fabio Traversa

Amico di Michele

Giovanni Buttafava

Giovanni Buttafava

Santone dell'arbitro

Gabriele Ceracchini

Michele bambino

Luisanna Pandolfi

Luisanna Pandolfi

Madre di Michele

Imre Budavári

Imre Budavári

Self

Mauro Maugeri

Mauro Maugeri

Allenatore dell'Acireale

Mario Monaci Toschi

Gianluca Cocchini

Maurizio Failla

Andrea Frascolla

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