Palombella Rossa

Plot Summary

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.

7.2 /10

1989

FRIT

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identity crisis

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character study

political satire

metaphor

water polo

fall of communism

mother son relationship

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