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Palombella rossa(1989)
Status: Released
Date: 1989-09-15
72%
268 Votes
Time: 1h 29m
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.
Languages: Italian.
Countries:
France,
Italy
ProductionCompanies: 
Palmyre Productions
So. Fin. A.
Movie: Palombella rossa
Top 10 Billed Cast
Nanni Moretti
Michele Apicella
Silvio Orlando
Mario
Asia Argento
Valentina Apicella
Mariella Valentini
Giornalista
Alfonso Santagata
Ossessivo
Claudio Morganti
Ossessivo
Eugenio Masciari
Arbitro
Mario Patanè
Simone
Antonio Petrocelli
Fascista
Remo Remotti
Santone di Mario
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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.
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1989-09-15
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